Somebody in the thread at some point said: > Hi all, > I am trying to install printer on my FC7. when i start > the settings-->printer a message pop up: > Unable to retrive the printer list. error message > recieved from manager. connection to cups server > failed. Check that cups server is correctly installed > & running. Error: the IPP request failed fo an unknown > reason. > > How to correct it. Is cupsd running? ps -Af | grep cupsd service cups start if it isn't. Also examine /var/log/cups/error_log -Andy