Re: cups installation: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' - exiting
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:02:52PM +0100, iks_kzm wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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:
> > >
> > > Please don't break the text in you message into blocks by placing "--"
> > > between the blocks. Some mail user agents (e.g. mutt) interpret this
> > > as the start of a signature. It makes it difficult to incorporate the
> > > text of your message in the reply.
> >
> > 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?
>
> # adduser your_userID lpadmin
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> That sounds like a permission problem, i.e. permission or ownership of
> some directory is not set properly, or user needs to be added to some
> group to get write access priviledges to a device.
>
> You have not mentioned anything about installing drivers for your
> printer. You probably need to install one of these packages:
I have HP Laserjet 1200 series.
> 1) cupsys-driver-gimpprint,
> 2) foomatic-bin and foomatic-db, or
> 3) cupsomatic-ppd.
I have installed 1, 2 and 3.
But I just copied from the CD (which I obtained with the printer)
the original HP_Laserjet_1200.ppd
to /usr/share/cups/model/HP/, restarted cups and then connected to
http://localhost:631 and add new printer choosing the
HP_Laserjet_1200 series model.
I noticed the following:
the files /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and printers.conf can be read and executed
ONLY by root. I changed the mode (using chmod) so any user
can read the files but nothing changed: the described above printing
problem remained the same. When I did '/etc/init.d/./cupsys restart'
the two files again can be read and executed ONLY by root.
I use debian 3.0 (woody)
Any clue?
Jan
>
> Do you have libcupsys2 and gs-esp installed?
I installed libcupsys2 but I cannot figure out whether I have gs-esp.
What gs-esp is? Using search in dselect I cannot find it.
I have installed all most packages connected with gs (ghostscript).
Jan
>
> Which version of debian/GNU are you using?
>
> > 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
> >
> --
> Jerome
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