Hello i can now go in to my controll panel no problem i did have a couple of printers listed iv got rid of both of them iv uninstalled cups i know need to reinstall cups iv down loaded
"cups-1.1.20-i486-1.tgz"
iv typed
"gzip -d cups-1.1.20-i486-1.tgz"
iv now got
"cups-1.1.20-i486-1.tar"
iv typed
"tar xvf cups-1.1.20-i486-1.tar"
which created "etc/"
but i cant find a read me file to help me install it "ie" make,configure

If you are using Slackware, reinstall cups. Onnce thats been reinstalled, do the following as root,

cd /etc/rc.d
chmod +x rc.cups

once thats done do

http://localhost:631 or http://127.0.0.1:631

Hopefully you'll be able to configure your printer now, through the cups administration tool running in your web browser.

this is the error i get when i type in the above link
An error occurred while loading http://127.0.0.1:631:


Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1 (port 631)

i think i get this error because cups is not reinstalled how can i confirm cups is not reinstalled
thanks nige

No, you need to reinstall the cups packages that come with Slackware then run the commands above.

ok i understand i dont suppose you know where about on the cd cups is do ya

download swaret and install it using installpkg. Once thats done, copt /etc/swaret.conf.new to /etc/swaret.conf and then edit it so that it points to the version of Slackware you are using. Then, run

swaret --update
swaret --install cups

To upgrade packages on your system, run

swaret --upgrade

don't use gzip etc....
download the .tgz file again and do " #installpkg cups-1.1.20-i486-1.tgz "
that's how packages can be installed in Slackware.

egag

It means cups is already running so it stopped the second "child" process.

iv got slapt-get i used this command
"ot@localhost:/home/master# slapt-get --install cups
Reading Package Lists... Done
cups is up to date.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done
root@localhost:/home/master# does this mean cups is installed and working or just installed and it still needs to be configured any way i then issued this command
"root@localhost:/home/master# cd /etc/rc.d"
"root@localhost:/etc/rc.d# chmod +x rc.cups"
i then went to both of the links above and received this error message.
"An error occurred while loading http://127.0.0.1:631:


Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1 (port 631)"
so i seem to be in the thick of it still do you mind giving me some more advice
thanks nige

iv given this some thought it must mean i did not uninstall cups like i was supposed to so can you tell me how to uninstall cups please

you can use " pkgtool " as root.

egag

hello im allmost there now iv mnaged to go to the link
http://localhost:631
im now being asked for user name and password for http//:127.0.0.1:631
should i just type "root" for username and give root password
thanks nige

just try it, i think it'll be oke.
i did that some time ago, don't really remember. but it sounds logical.

egag

ok it accepted that im now being asked for
name
location
description
where it says name should i just type "Epson stylus c60"
i dont know the answer for the other 2 any ideas please

name epson
location bymyside
description allround printer

just a proposal...

egag