Cups problem

[david walcroft]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:18 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>   
>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>     
>>>>>>>       
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>>>>>> I've done a "rpm -e --nodeps cups" then "yum install cups" and got to 
>>>>>> the point where
>>>>>> thunderbird and firefox send a print request to my HP PSC 2110 but is 
>>>>>> not printed out.
>>>>>> I still cannot open "localhost 631" 'Unable to connect'.
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> ----
>>>>> how about in firefox...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://localhost:631
>>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> comes up with "Unable to connect"
>>>>
>>>>     david
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> It seems to me there are only two possibilities:
>>> 1. cupsd is not running. What does : ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
>>> return/
>>> 2. Your /etc/hosts file does not define a localhost. Use the ip number
>>> of ypur machine rather than localhost.
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>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> [root at reddwarf ~]# ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
>>     
> I am not doing well with things like spellins and such.
> It is --columns
>   
>> Could you give me an example of the /etc/hosts/ file please
>>     
> hosts file:
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1		localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.1.100		vulcan vulcan.gateway.2wire.net
> 192.168.1.101		saturn saturn.gateway.2wire.net
> 192.168.1.65		cyrus cyrus.gateway.2wire.net
>
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> ones.
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> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
>
>   
Would this be correct: 192.168.0.1     reddwarf localhost.localdomain

  david