cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups server could not be contacted...

[Scott Lockwood]

On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 18:14 +0200, gerhard wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:12 -0500, Scott Lockwood wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 22:05 +0200, gerhard wrote:
> > > 
> > > I installed cupsys before but the link to http://localhost:631/ does
> > > not work.
> > > When I go to system/admin/printing the local printer does not even
> > > appear and gives me this message: cups server could not be contacte 
> > 
> > Is there a cupsys script in /etc/init.d/ ? Is there anything
> > in /etc/default/ ?
> > 
> What commands do I use to access these files??? 

Ok. Let's back up a bit.

Have you verified that cups is installed?

If so,
Is there a file in /etc/init.d/ named cupsys?

If so,
what happens if you type 'sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart'?

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Regards,
Scott Lockwood