On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:00:21AM +0530, François Patte wrote: > Tim wrote: > > Tim: > > > >>>Do you have the cups-config-daemon running? It automatically > >>>reconfigures CUPS in some way that I've not seen detailed. > > Yes. It is running and automatically destroys whatever I could change in > cupsd.conf file to have my system working properly. > > We have no information about this daemon: who starts it, how to stop its > nuisances, etc. > > Every man about cups system refer to > http://localhost:631/documentation.html > > I can read in http://localhost:631/sam.html#7_3 > > (Sorry for the French, I cannot find this in english! in german, > spanish, but not english!) > > Changer la configuration du serveur > > Le fichier /etc/cups/cupsd.conf contient des directives de configuration > qui contrôlent le fonctionnement du serveur. Chaque directive suivie de > sa valeur est disposée seule sur une ligne. Les commentaires sont > ouverts par le signe dièse ("#") au début de la ligne. Etant donné que > le fichier de configuration du serveur est un fichier texte, vous pouvez > le modifier au moyen de votre éditeur de texte préféré. > > I translate the last sentence: > > You can modify it (cupsd.conf) with your preferred text editor. > > Why this possibility and why should I try to do so if > "cups-config-daemon", systematically destroy my work? > > > FC4, at least. Did you think we were discussing something other than > > Fedora on this list? Are you so vehement against HAL, Kudzu, and other > > auto-config tools? > > If they are more harmful than useful, yes, we must be vehement against > them. > > > At least this one can be disabled > > How to? as you say it yourself later on: there is no documentation!!!! > > > > > So far the only description I can find of it is what's written into the > > system configuration GUI (This is a daemon for configuring printers > > through D-BUS). I've found no documention, just websites where people > > have attributed it to problems, and instructions to turn it off. > > So, something is to be changed in Fedora distributions! > Stop cups-config-daemon by doing: chkconfig cups-config-daemon off service cups-config-daemon stop The second line stops it, the first line sees that it does not start again. Documentation: Have you looked in: http://localhost:631 then: On Line Help. -- ======================================================================= Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
