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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS server cannot be contacted
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:12:54
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0609141908k506477f4sdf046fd55520ab1a@mail.gmail.com
1 On 9/14/06, darren kirby <bulliver@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 <SNIP>
3 >
4 > OK, I just tried lpq on my system (on a local terminal) and it works fine.
5
6 As it did on mine before I took down the Mac. I may as well try
7 turning the MAc on again this evening and see if this problem really
8 changes when it's on the network.
9
10 > Here's an idea, maybe the lpq command needs to have explicit access to:
11 >
12 > <Location /admin>
13 > </Location>
14
15 HEre is my admin section from /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:
16
17 <Location /admin>
18
19 AuthType Basic
20 AuthClass System
21
22 ## Restrict access to local domain
23 Order Deny,Allow
24 Deny From All
25 Allow From 127.0.0.1
26
27 #Encryption Required
28 </Location>
29
30 >
31 > to access the queue...though this is a crapshoot, as I believe 127.0.0.1 is
32 > allowed this access by default.
33 >
34 > > I've seen this before, actually, when the Mac was turned off.
35 > > Linux/Gnome would only see the local CUPS server after it had seen the
36 > > remote server on the Mac.
37 > >
38 > > I'm thinking that the system (some part of it anyway) has cached
39 > > the fact that the Mac had a CUPS server somewhere. Now that the Mac is
40 > > gone it cannot move forward. I have no data to back up that idea
41 > > though and I have no idea how to prove it true or false...
42 >
43 > Hmm, I have not heard of a Cups 'printer cache' but that certainly doesn't
44 > mean there is not one...
45 >
46 > I assume you have removed all traces of the Mac printer/daemon through the
47 > Cups web administration interface and /etc/cups/client.conf?
48 >
49
50 I had thought so but it wasn't the case. client.conf had a pointer to
51 to the Mac Mini. I removed it by hand and restarted cupsd here and now
52 get different/better results:
53
54 lightning ~ # lpq
55 lpq: error - no default destination available.
56 lightning ~ #
57
58 After setting the local pronter as default using the Cups admin tool
59 it now acts nice:
60
61 lightning ~ # lpq
62 HP is ready
63 no entries
64 lightning ~ #
65
66 Thanks for the help!
67
68 Cheers,
69 Mark
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