Re: Printing Problems (2nd request)

[Tom Ryan]

change 192.168.1.1 to

127.0.0.1



On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joseph McCrary wrote:

>  hosts:
>
>  # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
>  # that require network functionality will fail.
>  192.168.1.1    localhost.localdomain    localhost
>
>  hosts.conf:
>
>  order hosts,bind
>
>  Tom Ryan wrote:
>
>   lets check everything..
>
>  whats in /etc/hosts
>
>  On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joseph McCrary wrote:
>
>
>
>   [joe@localhost ~]$ lpstat -h localhost -a
>  lpstat: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
>  [joe@localhost ~]$
>
>
>  Actually, the entire client.conf seems to be commented out:
>
>  #
>  # "$Id: client.conf,v 1.8 2004/02/25 20:15:27 mike Exp $"
>  #
>  #   Sample client configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System
>  #   (CUPS).
>  #
>  #   Copyright 1997-2004 by Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.
>  #
>  #   These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
>  #   property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
>  #   copyright law.  Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
>  #   "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file.  If this
>  #   file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
>  #   at:
>  #
>  #       Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
>  #       Easy Software Products
>  #       44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
>  #       Hollywood, Maryland 20636-3111 USA
>  #
>  #       Voice: [phone]
>  #       EMail: cups-info(a)cups.org
>  #         WWW: http://www.cups.org
>  #
>
>  ########################################################################
>  #                                                                      #
>  # This is the CUPS client configuration file.  This file is used to    #
>  # define client-specific parameters, such as the default server or     #
>  # default encryption settings.                                         #
>  #                                                                      #
>  ########################################################################
>
>  #
>  # ServerName: the hostname of your server.  By default CUPS will use the
>  # hostname of the system or the value of the CUPS_SERVER environment
>  # variable.  ONLY ONE SERVER NAME MAY BE SPECIFIED AT A TIME.  To use
>  # more than one server you must use a local scheduler with browsing
>  # and possibly polling.
>  #
>
>  #ServerName myhost.domain.com
>
>  #
>  # Encryption: whether or not to use encryption; this depends on having
>  # the OpenSSL library linked into the CUPS library.
>  #
>  # Possible values:
>  #
>  #     Always       - Always use encryption (SSL)
>  #     Never        - Never use encryption
>  #     Required     - Use TLS encryption upgrade
>  #     IfRequested  - Use encryption if the server requests it
>  #
>  # The default value is "IfRequested".  This parameter can also be set
>  # using the CUPS_ENCRYPTION environment variable.
>  #
>
>  #Encryption Always
>  #Encryption Never
>  #Encryption Required
>  #Encryption IfRequested
>
>
>  #
>  # End of "$Id: client.conf,v 1.8 2004/02/25 20:15:27 mike Exp $".
>  #
>
>
>  Tom Ryan wrote:
>
>   do you have a "servername" variable in client.conf?
>
>  if so, comment that out..
>
>  what does
>
>  lpstat -h localhost -a
>
>  show?
>
>  On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Terry Polzin wrote:
>
>
>
>   On Thursday 16 December 2004 10:49, Joseph McCrary wrote:
>
>
>   Please help. If I cannot fix this printing problem, I will have to
>  abandon Linux for the hated world of Windoze!!!
>
>  Two weeks ago, I no longer could send a document to either printer. I've
>  got two printers connected, both of which used to work fine. One is a
>  Canon S600 connected to a USB port. The other is a HP LJ 6MP connected
>  through my local network. Both worked fine previously.
>
>  Whenever I try to print from a program (e.g., Firefox), the only printer
>  available is the PostScript default. Previously, both printers were
>  listed, with the HP as the default printer.
>
>  When I try to print a test page, I get this error:
>
>  lpr: error - unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
>
>  I'm running Core 3, and have done all of the updates. I downloaded and
>  installed the latest version of CUPS (1.1.22). That did not help.
>
>  Here are the last few lines from cups.conf:
>
>  # Encryption: whether or not to use encryption; this depends on having
>  # the OpenSSL library linked into the CUPS library and scheduler.
>  #
>  # Possible values:
>  #
>  #     Always       - Always use encryption (SSL)
>  #     Never        - Never use encryption
>  #     Required     - Use TLS encryption upgrade
>  #     IfRequested  - Use encryption if the server requests it
>  #
>  # The default value is "IfRequested".
>  #
>
>  <Location />
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>  </Location>
>
>  #<Location /classes>
>  #
>  # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
>  # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>  #
>  #</Location>
>
>  #<Location /classes/name>
>  #
>  # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
>  # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>  #
>  #</Location>
>
>  #<Location /jobs>
>  #
>  # You may wish to limit access to job operations, either with Allow
>  # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>  #
>  #</Location>
>
>  #<Location /printers>
>  #
>  # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
>  # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>  #
>  #</Location>
>
>  #<Location /printers/name>
>  #
>  # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
>  # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>  #
>
>  ## Anonymous access (default)
>  #AuthType None
>
>  ## Require a username and password (Basic authentication)
>  #AuthType Basic
>  #AuthClass User
>
>  ## Require a username and password (Digest/MD5 authentication)
>  #AuthType Digest
>  #AuthClass User
>
>  ## Restrict access to local domain
>  #Order Deny,Allow
>  #Deny From All
>  #Allow From .mydomain.com
>  #</Location>
>
>  <Location /admin>
>  #
>  # You definitely will want to limit access to the administration functions.
>  # The default configuration requires a local connection from a user who
>  # is a member of the system group to do any admin tasks.  You can change
>  # the group name using the SystemGroup directive.
>  #
>
>  AuthType Basic
>  AuthClass System
>
>  ## Restrict access to local domain
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>
>  #Encryption Required
>  </Location>
>
>  #
>  # End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in,v 1.16 2004/08/18 17:53:47 mike Exp $".
>  #
>  <Location /printers/usblp0>
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>  AuthType None
>  </Location>
>  <Location /printers/s600-4>
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>  AuthType None
>  </Location>
>  # Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT
>  <Location /printers/Canon>
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>  AuthType None
>  Allow from All
>  </Location>
>  <Location /printers/HP>
>  Order Deny,Allow
>  Deny From All
>  Allow From 127.0.0.1
>  AuthType None
>  Allow from All
>  </Location>
>  Browsing On
>  BrowseProtocols cups
>  BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
>  BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
>  BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255
>  Listen *:631
>
>
>  Please help.
>
>  Joe
>
>
>   OK lets start with the basics, is the cups daemon running?  Set to start at
>  startup?
>         ps -ef | grep cups
>         /sbin/chkconfig --list cups
>
>  If you do indeed see a cupsd in the output of the ps command, and runlevels
>  2345 are set to on the chkconfig output.  Then run system-config-printers and
>  make sure that your printers are configured correctly.  Delete them and
>  reconfigure if required.  Test print from the printer config.  Post the
>  resutls.
>
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>   _______________________________________________________________________
>  Tom Ryan                                            Voice: 856-225-6361
>  Consulting System Administrator                       Fax: [phone]
>  Rutgers School of Law - Camden               IT Help Desk: 856-225-2343
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_______________________________________________________________________
Tom Ryan                                            Voice: 856-225-6361
Consulting System Administrator                       Fax: [phone]
Rutgers School of Law - Camden               IT Help Desk: 856-225-2343