Re: cups installation: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' - exiting
Thanks for answer.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:08:07PM +0100, iks_kzm wrote:
> >
> >
> > I had problem with cups:
>
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I am really sorry.
>
> > During the installation I got the following message:
> >
> > "cupsd: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' -
> > exiting"
> >
> > and there is no file cupsd.conf in /etc/cups/.
> >
> >
> > Then when I connect (using mozilla) to
> > http://localhost:631/
> >
> > and then try to choose "Do Administration Tasks" or "Printers"
> > I got :
> > "Alert! The connection was refused when attempting to contact
> > localhost:631."
>
> Connecting to http://localhost:631 will only work if cupsd daemon is
> running. You will not be able to use web interface to administer your
> printers until you get the daemon to run. Until then, you can
> administer printers with the lpadmin program. Make yourself a member
> of the "lpadmin" group to be able to administer printers without
> becoming root.
I think it is a bug in dselect or in cupsys debian package.
I used 'dpkg -i cupsys...'
and the package and cupsys-client and cups-bsd were installed.
How one can make a user a member of the 'lpadmin' group?
Still have problem:
When I use the printer from NON-root account it seems that
the configuration of the printer is NOT OK.
E.g. when I print some picture (region filled with gray colour)
it is printed as black but from the root account it is printed OK.
I use gv to print postscript files and acrobat to print pdf files.
The command for printing is lp or lpr: both work in strange way
described above.
BUT I noticed that when I use KGhostview instead of gv to print .ps
files from non-root account the picture with gray filling is printed OK.
In KGhostview I can choose in print dialog window cups or lprng and so on.
Of course I choose cups system.
It seems that gv and acrobat are not aware of cups system in non-root
account.
Any clue?
Jan
>
> /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is in the cupsys package. It doesn't sound like
> your installation is complete. Check this by running "dpkg -s cupsys".
>
> --
> Jerome
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