Fc16 printer not running

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 09:58 +1000, david walcroft wrote: 
> On 01/13/2012 09:47 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 01/13/2012 07:38 AM, david walcroft wrote:
> >> On 01/13/2012 09:32 AM, david walcroft wrote:
> >>> I have just done a Fc16 x86_64 minimal install,I could not print
> >>> so I tried installing "hplip" for my HP psc2110,to my surprise it
> >>> installed as I thought it was installed during the Fc16 minimal install.
> >>> I get this error on using systemctl.
> >>>
> >>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ su -c '/sbin/systemctl start cups.service'
> >>> Password:
> >>> bash: /sbin/systemctl: No such file or directory
> >>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ su -c systemctl start cups.service
> >>> su: user start does not exist
> >>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ su -c 'cupsctl LogLevel=debug2'
> >>> Password:
> >>> cupsctl: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
> >>> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> >>>
> >>> I also tried to enter Cups admin via "http://localhost:631/admin" but
> >>> received a 'cannot connect to server' error.
> >>>
> >>> I tried -
> >>>
> >>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ service cups restart
> >>> Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart cups.service
> >>> Failed to issue method call: Access denied
> >>>
> >>> I also tried 'system config printer' but only had a 'start server'
> >>> button
> >>>
> >>> Thanks david
> >>
> >> I have just tried :-
> >>
> >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ wget http://localhost:631/admin/log/error_log
> >> --2012-01-13 09:35:54--  http://localhost:631/admin/log/error_log
> >> Resolving localhost... ::1, 127.0.0.1
> >> Connecting to localhost|::1|:631... failed: Connection refused.
> >> Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:631... failed: Connection refused.
> >> [1]+  Done                    system-config-printer
> >> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> >>
> >> Thanks   david
> >
> > Have you noticed that you're getting basic errors in your command due to
> > bad formatting?
> >
> > Anyway.....
> >
> > What do you get when you issue the command "systemctl status cups.service"?
> >
> >
> >
> > [david at reddwarf ~]$ "systemctl status cups.service"
> bash: systemctl status cups.service: command not found
> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> 
> Thanks  david
> 

Here you are trying too run the last command as a normal user, not root.
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