<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 04292006 1636 GMT-6 When I typed that in I received: <pre> (gedit:8835): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:</pre> <pre>Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.</pre> albi wrote: <blockquote cite="mid4453CB8B.4060702@scii.nl" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Wade Smart wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">04292006 1503 GMT-6 I can open Sys > Admin > Print because the cups server wont start. type in lpq and I get: unable to contact server. type in ps auxw: 1000 8687 0.0 0.0 3056 756 pts/0 S+ 15:03 0:00 grep cups </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> please try the following : set LogLevel value in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to "debug" e.g. : - open a terminal - type in : gksudo gedit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf - then type : - sudo tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log - open another tab in the terminal and type : sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys stop sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start look at the output of the logfile and report back here </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>