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Old 04-07-2005, 07:07 AM   #1
ingvildr
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problem with cups


so i'm trying to set up my printer through kde printing manager using cups but when i try to i get this error message

Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: connection refused.

anyone?
 
Old 04-07-2005, 07:29 AM   #2
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remove lprng and cups, re-install cups, enable the cups server

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

then try again.
 
  


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