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smcsw2000

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Registered: 2007-06-22

Posts: 130

connection to cups server failed

when trying to run printer control I get connection to cups server failed, check to see if cups server is running and correctly installed. when trying to restart server it fails with message unable to find a running cups server. Here is the applicable part of rc.config
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal @kdm syslogd klogd @network !netfs sshd crond)

# End of file
current kde is 3.5.7.1
/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic/hp lists all drivers for my hp psc 2210
hplip 1.7.4 has been installed and restarted.  any ideas?

slackhack

Member

Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: connection to cups server failed

did you go through the setup wiki:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_Setup

LinuxViking

Member

From: MSU, Michigan, US

Registered: 2007-10-14

Posts: 25

Re: connection to cups server failed

Hi, I have the same problem. I went through the setup wiki, did the debug, etc.
When I installed the cups package on that page it seems to have messed up konquerer (it no longer opens webpages due to an io slave problem)

Anyways, I still get the following problem:

Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: localhost: read failed (14).

Thanks in advance for any help...

Last edited by LinuxViking (2007-10-24 01:40:38)

Jerry

Member

From: Philippines

Registered: 2007-09-14

Posts: 126

Re: connection to cups server failed

1. I can't see the module part, you must write down the proper modules.

2. You didn't run cups at daemon.

3. add yourself to the lp group if you haven't

# gpasswd -a username groupname

the list of groups is in the /etc/group, you can view it with

# nano /etc/group

Last edited by Jerry (2007-10-25 20:11:26)