Printing problems in 5.04?

[Christian Convey]

Hi guys,

I've had Kubuntu 5.04 installed on my computer, and happily printing for a 
while.

About a week ago, printing stopped working. At first, it was just that 
applications like AcroRead would print without complaint, but nothing showed 
up on the printer. (I've got two HP LaserJets, attached via IP).

Now, AcroRead simply freezes when I ask it to print.

"lpq" freezes when I run it (even as root).

When I bring up the KDE control panel tool for printing, it has a splash 
screen that says, "Initializing manager". But that splash screen never goes 
way.

I thought that maybe there was some goofiness related to KDE, so I tried to 
log back in using Gnome. But now (I don't know if this is related or not) I 
can't get into Gnome either. After the login screen disappears, I'm just 
stuck looking at a plain brown screen indefinitely if I try to log into 
Gnome. Logging into KDE still works just fine.

Does anyone have an idea how I got into this state, or how to get out?

Thanks,
Christian
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