[debian-knoppix] knoppix first-timer can't print
I have installed knoppix 3.4 to my hard drive for the first time. Looks
like the answer to my prayers (i.e. sound works out-of-the-box). There
are not many choices when installing to the hard drive (via sudo
knoppix-installer) so I couldn't choose to install cups. However, the
installer did advise that "kdm cupsysd will start with each boot". Alas,
I can't print.
When I open 'Configure-Printing Manager' I get 'Initializing Manager..'
then:
Error - KDE Control Module
Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received for manager.
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server correctly
installed and is running. Error: conection refused.
Trying to restart the Print Server I get:
Error - KDE Control Module
Unable to restart print server. Error message received for manager:
Unable to find a running CUPS server.
Any ideas for steps to troubleshoot this? I read the man page for cupsd
-- it's short and no help for this. My printer is a new-ish epson stylus
c84.
At one point I was actually able to create the icon for my printer
(correctly detected) -- but it disappeared without doing a successful
test print.
I have done a successful printer self-test -- that rules out the printer
as the problem.
I did a cupsd as root -- it gave no error, and allowed me to create a
printer icon, which is good, but still I can't print. the jobs do not
appear under Jobs.
Chris
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