CUPS problem

PerAntonRønning pa-ronn at online.no
Wed Aug 22 18:15:34 UTC 2007


Hi Wade,
this is what happes:

[root at localhost par]# /sbin/service cups restart
Stopping cups:                                             [  OK  ]
Starting cups:                                             [  OK  ]

No clue - it seems.

Brgds
PAR

Wade Hampton wrote:
> Do you get an error when you run /sbin/service cups restart?  Check
> /var/log/messages.  On one of my computers, I am getting an error
> about can't read cupsd.conf and the printer daemon is not starting
> (see my other posting).  I can start cupsd manually, however.
> --
> Wade Hampton
>
> On 8/22/07, PerAntonRønning <pa-ronn at online.no> wrote:
>   
>> Karl,
>> thank you. The problem is that I did remove the printer, then I added it
>> again, but it still could not get in contact with CUPS.
>> No printing takes effect, not only the testpage.
>> I also have trouble starting system-config-printer, and any efforts to
>> do printer management is rejected. So I wonder if there is something
>> wrong with my CUPS, but I have never done any installation or
>> configuration of CUPS before, so there I am a novice.
>>
>> Brgds
>> PAR
>>
>>
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>     
>>> PerAntonRønning wrote:
>>>       
>>>> After a long period of smooth sailing I suddenly encountered a CUPS
>>>> problem.
>>>> Why I have got it is uncertain, maybe as a result of a yum upgrade
>>>> run. I had to reinstall FC 5 due to some disk trouble (possibly
>>>> because a blown fuse cut the electricity supply to my desk)
>>>> so I imagined that I would be interested in upgraded programs since I
>>>> burned the FC5 distro.
>>>>
>>>> I remove and reinstall the printer (which btw. is online, lights are
>>>> up :-) ) and when sending a testpage to the printer i get the
>>>> following message:
>>>>
>>>> "There was a problem sending CUPS test page to laser1 queue (my
>>>> chosen printer name)
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/lpr  connection refused
>>>>
>>>> The following daemons are running:
>>>> cupsd
>>>> cups-config-daemon
>>>>
>>>> I would be grateful to receive some help on this one.
>>>>
>>>> Brgds
>>>> PAR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>    I had a problem like that. I had to delete the printer from the
>>> printer setup program and then re-load it with the same name and so
>>> forth. It fixed the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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