[PLUG] CUPS trouble shooting help needed

Mel Andres mel97215 at comcast.net
Wed Sep 1 16:15:02 UTC 2004


Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Since getting the system to boot into the 2.4.27 kernel yesterday
> (actually, it's been since last week) I cannot print anything. I'm running
> CUPS on this RH 7.3 box. Here's what I've done:
> 
>   Cleaned up /etc/cups/printers.conf (so they're all idling and waiting for
> jobs).
> 
>   Killed a stuck parallel port process.
> 
>   Stopped and restarted /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups.
> 
>   Checked that the cable was properly seated on the port.
> 
>   Jobs don't make it out of the server to the printer. When I invoke
> /usr/sbin/printers I can see the jobs, but they never complete. Same with a
> test sent from there.
> 
>   I've had cups hang before, but it's always been a stuck parallel port
> process and/or printers.conf showing the printer as not available. I've run
> through all my experiences and tried all the things I could imagine, but
> still no luck. I'd greatly apprecate some external suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
Does the printer show up at http://localhost:631 ?

   Mel
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