> Tom, did you ever get this straightened out?
>
> I would first of all upgrade the cups rpms, drivers, xpp, kups, libcups
etc
> that are in many of the" unsupported" mirrors for i586. Then try again.
> A couple of times I had to reboot to get things to work as I don't
> always have the expertise to make the latest changes initaize.
> At times I have had success with upgrade and reboot.
I can't get cups to work either, etc.
Are the mirrors for the updated cups rpms on Mandrake or do you mean non
mandrake sources for cups?
Thanks.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: William Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] kups - Can't connect to CUPS server.
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:30:00 -0700
> Tom Schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > When I run kups, I get the message:
> > Can't connect to CUPS server. Check your options!
> >
> > I examined /var/log/messages and /var/log/cups/*, but found nothing
> > out of the ordinary.
> >
> > I tried adding "Port 1631" to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, restarting the
> > server, and telling kups to use port 1631, but that did not fix the
> > problem.
> >
> > Fresh install of Mandrake 7.2.
> > Default CUPS options, nothing has changed.
> > "ps auxwww|grep cupsd" shows that the cupsd server is running.
> > /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow exist, but they only contain
> > comments.
> > My security level is "Medium" (I think that means 3).
> > I can add a printer using printerdrake.
> > I read http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups6.html
> >
>
> Tom, did you ever get this straightened out?
>
> I would first of all upgrade the cups rpms, drivers, xpp, kups, libcups
etc
> that are in many of the" unsupported" mirrors for i586. Then try again.
> A couple of times I had to reboot to get things to work as I don't
> always have the expertise to make the latest changes initaize.
> At times I have had success with upgrade and reboot.
>
> If you did get it to work let us know !
>
> William Bouterse
> Talkeetna Ak.
>
>
