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

gerhard gertkoen at telkomsa.net
Fri Apr 13 18:29:51 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 14:19 -0400, Joe wrote:
> is the cups daemon running?
> first try sudo ps aux|grep cupsd
> 
> if nothing is listed
> try sudo cupsd
> that should start the daemon
I get this

cupsys    7240  0.0  0.1   4584  1924 ?        Ss   19:04   0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
gerhard   7525  0.0  0.0   2800   760 pts/0    S+   20:26   0:00 grep
cupsd

My system/admin/printing does not work and I can not set up my printer


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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
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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
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> > To: scott at guppylog.com, "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for
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> >> On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 09:20 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
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> >>     
> >>> You're the guy who's been complaining that people blame the software
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> >>> that is explicitly not supported. 
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> >> If you make software available, then maintain it. If  this was just a
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> >> 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,
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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.
> >>>       
> >
> >
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> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>     
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> >
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> > 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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