Printer : CUPS install

simeandrews · 05-20-2004, 02:55 PM

Heres my problem. I downloaded cups and ran the $ tar -zxvf cupsddk-1.0-source.tar.gz command, and localhost:631 still wont work. I just found out that after you run that command above, you have to finish installing it, and I dont know how. If someone could please help me, then that would be great. Heres my linux and printer info

slackwarelinux 9.1
gnome 2.1
hp deskjet 842c

Thanks

Plus, im a

drigz · 05-20-2004, 03:17 PM

i assume you didn't install cups with slackware. check for /etc/rc.d/rc.cups - if its there then run:

Code:

grep -i cups -F /etc/rc.d/rc.M

to check if you are starting the cups daemon. if you are you will get:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start

somwhere in the output. if not, add:

Code:

# Start the print spooling system.  This will usually be LPRng (lpd) or CUPS.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups ]; then
  # Start CUPS:
  /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start
elif [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lprng ]; then
  # Start LPRng (lpd):
  . /etc/rc.d/rc.lprng start
fi

to your rc.M

simeandrews · 05-20-2004, 03:29 PM

thanks for telling me that and i got all that stuff, but http://localhost:631 still won't work. How do I install my printer.

You've been a great help with this, but im absolutely useless

Phorem · 05-21-2004, 01:02 AM

If you have KDE installed, try

root># kprinter

and install the printer through that GUI. It works well and it uses CUPS as the backend if needed.

Edit** - just noticed you are using Gnome, no big deal. Try kprinter any way. Also, if you want to access Swat or CUPS through the Browser, you need to uncomment those ports (901 and 631) in a configuration file in /etc/ (i know it's bad, but i can't remember right now what file it was - it's been a while). Also try

http://127.0.0.1:631

When "localhost" wouldn't work, 127.0... would work for me.