On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 09:23 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 09:08 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> david walcroft wrote: > >> > >>> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:11 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I can restart cups by "service cups restart ( stopped) (restart)" > >>>>> But on Thuderbird and Firefox they both lock up after clicking > >>>>> the print button,I cannot start localhost to get to cups admin. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks david > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Reversing what I have said before now you can get the equivalent of > >>>> localhost:631 by running system-config-printer. > >>>> or use lpoptions and lpadmin. > >>>> -- > >>>> ======================================================================= > >>>> I'll burn my books. -- Christopher Marlowe > >>>> ======================================================================= > >>>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Pardon my ignorance but I don't know how to use these commands. > >>> > >>> david > >>> > >>> > >> 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" ---- you are running firefox on the same computer that has the printer attached to it right? how about... /sbin/service cups status tail -n 20 /var/log/cups/error.log Craig
