[PLUG] CUPS

Bill Spears bspears at easystreet.com
Fri Dec 20 16:11:03 UTC 2002


On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 09:38, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 09:09, Bill Spears wrote:
> > I'm trying to get CUPS up and running on RH 8.0.
> > 1. I've got the web admin working and can print a test page.
> > 2. When I do lpq I get 
> >   Printer 'hp1200 at localhost' - cannot open connection - No such file or
> > directory
> > Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol
> > and accepts connections from this host and from non-privileged (>1023)
> > ports
> 
> This idicates to me that perhaps you have not installed the BSD LPD
> compatiblity server portion of cupsys.
> 
> > I have edited the line in cups-lpd to disable=no and done a xinetd
> > restart.
> 
> What do your logs indicate?  Was a connection ever made?  Can you
> connect on that port with netcat (nc)?  Have you tried a network sniffer
> to see if it's trying?
> 
> > 3. I think this kind of thing can be caused by a firewall problem, but
> > don't remember much about that.
> 
> "don't remember" ?  8-)
> 
> > Help!
> 
> RTFM ?  ... again?
> 
> You might try a google search also... though I imagine you've already
> done so by now.
> 
> 
> 
Very entertaining, Karl. BTW it's an alternatives problem.When I run 
#/usr/bin/lpq.cups 
it responds correctly.





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