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vinoman2

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Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

I've been reading the wiki to set up my printer and I get this error when trying to install cups:

[root@arch64 davek]# nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
[root@arch64 davek]# pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts
warning: ghostscript-8.64-6 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gsfonts-8.11-5 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (4): openslp-1.2.1-2  cups-1.3.11-1  ghostscript-8.64-6 
             gsfonts-8.11-5 

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   77.52 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking package integrity...
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cups: /etc/cups/cupsd.conf exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@arch64 davek]#

why are the files conflicting? how do I fix this?

Last edited by vinoman2 (2009-08-04 12:46:50)

jasonwryan

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

Have you tried deleting /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and then installing?

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sand_man

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

Have you tried deleting /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and then installing?

You could do that or pacman -Sf cups

I wonder why pacman doesn't just create a .pacsave or .pacnew

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vinoman2

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

Have you tried deleting /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and then installing?

You could do that or pacman -Sf cups

I wonder why pacman doesn't just create a .pacsave or .pacnew

Did that and now cups is installed, but I can't go to http://localhost:631/ to setup printer. I also have hplip installed.

What else is missing?

Last edited by vinoman2 (2009-08-04 11:19:21)

toad

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

More info on the error would be helpful...

BTW, have you started cups?

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vinoman2

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

More info on the error would be helpful...

BTW, have you started cups?

No, how do you start it?

[davek@arch64 ~]$ cups
bash: cups: command not found
[davek@arch64 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@arch64 davek]# cups
bash: cups: command not found
[root@arch64 davek]#

Last edited by vinoman2 (2009-08-04 12:08:47)

Ashren

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

You need to start CUPS as daemon. Add it to /etc/rc.conf under daemons or start it as root with "/etc/rc.d/cups start"

I guess you better read this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cups

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vinoman2

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Re: Trouble setting up printing [Solved]

You need to start CUPS as daemon. Add it to /etc/rc.conf under daemons or start it as root with "/etc/rc.d/cups start"

I guess you better read this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cups

Thanks, I didn't get that far down the page... but cups is working now and printer is working.