On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:12 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:18 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 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. > >>>>> -- > >>>>> ======================================================================= > >>>>> Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan > >>>>> ======================================================================= > >>>>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> [root@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 > >>> > > > > > >> Would this be correct: 192.168.0.1 reddwarf localhost.localdomain > >> > > ---- > > no - should be more like (note the first 2 lines)... > > > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > > # that require network functionality will fail. > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 192.168.0.1 reddwarf localhost.localdomain > > > > Craig > > > > > Thanks for that Craig,now the good news,i'm into 'localhost:631' then > set up the printer then I'm asked for user name and password but its > not accepting anything i put to it.can I delete a cups password file > and start again. ---- the only username/password combo that is gonna make cups happy is root and root password Craig
