ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 32, Issue 100
Joe
JSanroma at computer.org
Fri Apr 13 18:19:48 UTC 2007
is the cups daemon running?
first try sudo ps aux|grep cupsd
if nothing is listed
try sudo cupsd
that should start the daemon
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> 1. install sh (Sean Sieger)
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> 3. Re: WordPress package (Ed Smits)
> 4. Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted... (gerhard)
> 5. Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted... (Scott Lockwood)
> 6. Re: Ubuntu-->Kubuntu (Jonathan Hirschman)
> 7. Error at boot in /etc/networking (Matthias Andersson)
> 8. Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted... (gerhard)
> 9. Re: Error at boot in /etc/networking (Eamonn Sullivan)
> 10. Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted... (Scott Lockwood)
> 11. Re: Where is my 2G? - MC (ruscook)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:31:17 -0400
> From: Sean Sieger <sean.sieger at gmail.com>
> Subject: install sh
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <87r6qocmuy.fsf at gmail.com>
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> Um, I just tried to unlink /bin/sh; how can I install it?
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:41:20 -0300
> From: Phil Pinkerton <pcpinkerton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: WordPress package
> To: scott at guppylog.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <461FA4A0.3070709 at gmail.com>
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> I see no further technical relevance to this conversation can someone
> please terminate it.
>
> I enjoy and depend on information from this list, this particular
> conversation no longer provides any useful information nor is it in the
> least bit entertaining.
>
> We should not be forced to filter the address of those unable to
> restrain themselves as they do at times provide useful
> advice/information. Geeks do not have to behave immaturely.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Scott Lockwood wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 09:20 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You're the guy who's been complaining that people blame the software
>>> when
>>> they use it incorrectly. So don't blame Ubuntu for not supporting
>>> software
>>> that is explicitly not supported.
>>>
>>>
>> If you make software available, then maintain it. If this was just a
>> minor feature / functionality update, I'd agree with you. It is not.
>> WordPress, prior to 2.1.3, has a REMOTE ROOT VULNERABILITY. In fact, I
>> am doing exactly what I should by complaining, loudly, about this. If
>> you are (misfortunate enough to be) runing WordPress, and you're doing
>> so out of Ubuntu's repository, YOU ARE VULNERABLE.
>>
>> Are you saying that my complaint about misreporting a vulnerability/bug
>> in mc that isn't there was wrong, or do you think that was actually a
>> bug? I'm on the mc and mc-devel mailing lists - I sure haven't seen a
>> report there. *I* however DID file a bug about the vulnerability in
>> WordPress, which the Ubuntu dev's promptly ignored.
>>
>> When you've done as much as I have, feel free to judge me. Until then,
>> feel free to KMA.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:54:56 -0400
> From: "Ed Smits" <ed.smits at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: WordPress package
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> and here I thought KMA was some new KDE app I hadn't heard about<G>
>
> On 4/13/07, Phil Pinkerton <pcpinkerton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I see no further technical relevance to this conversation can someone
>> please terminate it.
>>
>> I enjoy and depend on information from this list, this particular
>> conversation no longer provides any useful information nor is it in the
>> least bit entertaining.
>>
>> We should not be forced to filter the address of those unable to
>> restrain themselves as they do at times provide useful
>> advice/information. Geeks do not have to behave immaturely.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Scott Lockwood wrote:
>>
>
>
>>> When you've done as much as I have, feel free to judge me. Until then,
>>> feel free to KMA.
>>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:14:55 +0200
> From: gerhard <gertkoen at telkomsa.net>
> Subject: Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted...
> To: scott at guppylog.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1176480895.6536.0.camel at gerhard>
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> 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???
>
>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Scott Lockwood
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:30:58 -0500
> From: Scott Lockwood <scott at guppylog.com>
> Subject: Re: cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups
> server could not be contacted...
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1176481858.5862.18.camel at scott-640m.checkgiant.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain
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> 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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