Cups problem

[david walcroft]

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 at sbcglobal.net
>>
>>   
> Could you give me an example of /etc/hosts file please
>
> ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
>
> [david at reddwarf ~]$ ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
> ERROR: Unknown user-defined format specifier "lumns".
> ********* simple selection *********  ********* selection by list 
> *********
> -A all processes                      -C by command name
> -N negate selection                   -G by real group ID (supports 
> names)
> -a all w/ tty except session leaders  -U by real user ID (supports names)
> -d all except session leaders         -g by session OR by effective 
> group name
> -e all processes                      -p by process ID
> T  all processes on this terminal     -s processes in the sessions given
> a  all w/ tty, including other users  -t by tty
> g  OBSOLETE -- DO NOT USE             -u by effective user ID 
> (supports names)
> r  only running processes             U  processes for specified users
> x  processes w/o controlling ttys     t  by tty
> *********** output format **********  *********** long options 
> ***********
> -o,o user-defined  -f full            --Group --User --pid --cols --ppid
> -j,j job control   s  signal          --group --user --sid --rows --info
> -O,O preloaded -o  v  virtual memory  --cumulative --format --deselect
> -l,l long          u  user-oriented   --sort --tty --forest --version
> -F   extra full    X  registers       --heading --no-heading --context
>                    ********* misc options *********
> -V,V  show version      L  list format codes  f  ASCII art forest
> -m,m,-L,-T,H  threads   S  children in sum    -y change -l format
> -M,Z  security data     c  true command name  -c scheduling class
> -w,w  wide output       n  numeric WCHAN,UID  -H process hierarchy
> [david at reddwarf ~]$      
What is the command to show the daemons under "service"

david