From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GO3CI-0008Gs-B7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:12:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8F2CDCW017989; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:12:13 GMT Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.195]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8F284aI011114 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:08:04 GMT Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so1295573nzf for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:08:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=CS1DhqS6pUMO/K9bcgo7XDuQS5b/4gIPxY/VHT5s/GzX4TqGbVfk8Xs0HM9+3eExlYFivcLIAkIbypQco87KYQ70uTEG+ybwU5L2KkEeeB7jSfOTM5cibiiOh6PaO+tzHFCs2cd9s6A5dImF28ZxfcE0Wx3Y+WQw7l65QfdL7bE= Received: by 10.65.116.7 with SMTP id t7mr11708435qbm; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.156.16 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0609141908k506477f4sdf046fd55520ab1a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:08:03 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS server cannot be contacted In-Reply-To: <200609141839.21894.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0609140830r1f6d0bd6sa8fcea8e142d911c@mail.gmail.com> <200609141415.00108.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <5bdc1c8b0609141802o2cde3a15lf88553f26004cdc3@mail.gmail.com> <200609141839.21894.bulliver@badcomputer.org> X-Archives-Salt: bf44187f-5352-4f86-b00a-d373dca2057a X-Archives-Hash: cbf34b8c734f23a6fa4f5e07c450dfd6 On 9/14/06, darren kirby wrote: > > OK, I just tried lpq on my system (on a local terminal) and it works fine. As it did on mine before I took down the Mac. I may as well try turning the MAc on again this evening and see if this problem really changes when it's on the network. > Here's an idea, maybe the lpq command needs to have explicit access to: > > > HEre is my admin section from /etc/cups/cupsd.conf: AuthType Basic AuthClass System ## Restrict access to local domain Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 #Encryption Required > > to access the queue...though this is a crapshoot, as I believe 127.0.0.1 is > allowed this access by default. > > > I've seen this before, actually, when the Mac was turned off. > > Linux/Gnome would only see the local CUPS server after it had seen the > > remote server on the Mac. > > > > I'm thinking that the system (some part of it anyway) has cached > > the fact that the Mac had a CUPS server somewhere. Now that the Mac is > > gone it cannot move forward. I have no data to back up that idea > > though and I have no idea how to prove it true or false... > > Hmm, I have not heard of a Cups 'printer cache' but that certainly doesn't > mean there is not one... > > I assume you have removed all traces of the Mac printer/daemon through the > Cups web administration interface and /etc/cups/client.conf? > I had thought so but it wasn't the case. client.conf had a pointer to to the Mac Mini. I removed it by hand and restarted cupsd here and now get different/better results: lightning ~ # lpq lpq: error - no default destination available. lightning ~ # After setting the local pronter as default using the Cups admin tool it now acts nice: lightning ~ # lpq HP is ready no entries lightning ~ # Thanks for the help! Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list