ubuntu 8.04 lts cups problem

[Chris Mohler]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, James R. Jones <bnjrj at uaf.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a small problem, cups does not want to work.  When I go to system ->
> administration -> printing and click on go to server the connect to cups
> window server pops up with /var/run/cups/cups.sock and my username in the
> user name box.
>
> The error message is the following:

Hi Jim,

Are you connecting a local printer?  I think the "connect to server"
might be unnecessary if so.  Can you reach http://localhost:631 in a
browser?  What make/model of printer are you trying to use, and how
does it connect (USB. Parallel, etc.)?

I've only used the "connect to server" button to attempt to reach
remote print servers.  I think you can ignore the error in the syslog
- I see a similar message and CUPS is 100% functional here.


Chris