2006/2/13, John Layt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for those, Peter, but somehow they've made things worse :-( Now > instead of slow printing, we get no printing with the error message: > > An error occurred while retrieving the printer list: > > Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly > installed and running. Error: host not found. > > Needless to say this is after Cups is checked to be installed and running. > > We've tried everything, even a full removal of all cups, foomatic, gutenprint, > hplip, hpijs, etc, packages and a rm -rf of all the old config files. The > printer auto-detected and installed but nothing works, so now my Dad is even > more annoyed :-) > > I've Googled, searched cooker bugzilla, but no joy except a Debian mailing > list discussion about services starting in the wrong order and claiming > ports. > > Any clues anyone? > > Cheers!
Could you humour me and check if you have your loopback interface running? I have this problem (I can't bring up loopback) and it's stopping all kinds of things, amongst them cups. A simple ifconfig should tell you. -- Adriano Varoli Piazza The Inside Out: http://moranar.com.ar ICQ: 4410132 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
