Ok I've been struggling with CUPS for the whole weekend without making any progress.
I installed it using pkgtool and when i do a reboot i see a line that says CUPS: started scheduler.
So everything is fine at this point.
There is a directory named /dev/usb/lp0 (it's a usb printer by the way, Canon i70) so i don't need to use the command mknod or whatever that is, right?
when i try to use my web browser to configure cups by typing
http://localhost:631 i get an error (
Could not connect to host local host (port 631))
I repeat the cupsd is already running, there is even a PID for it, 671 or something.
my /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file is almost all commented out except for a few lines that supposedly enables cups to talk to port 631
I was thinking about showing the cupsd.conf file but i can't attach any files here, it's against the rules.
I just included the error_log file. I THINK cups appends the error messages every time i type
http://localhost:631 in the browser's address text box.
What the heck is wrong?
[08/Jun/2003:13:49:36 -0700] Listening to 0:631
I [08/Jun/2003:13:49:36 -0700] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Jun/2003:13:49:36 -0700] Allowing up to 10 client connections per host.
I [08/Jun/2003:13:49:36 -0700] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 209 PPDs...
I [08/Jun/2003:13:49:36 -0700] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
E [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] httpGetHostByName("hostname") failed - Resource temporarily unavailable!
E [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] Bad Listen address hostname:631 at line 356.
I [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] Listening to 0:631
I [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] Allowing up to 10 client connections per host.
I [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 209 PPDs...
I [08/Jun/2003:14:11:01 -0700] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
E [08/Jun/2003:15:21:41 -0700] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM.
E [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] httpGetHostByName("hostname") failed - Resource temporarily unavailable!
E [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] Bad Listen address hostname:631 at line 356.
I [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] Listening to 0:631
I [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] Allowing up to 10 client connections per host.
I [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 209 PPDs...
I [08/Jun/2003:15:51:08 -0700] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...