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Re: Printer & localhost:631



On (18/08/05 09:53), Marie-Louise wrote:
> I am wondering if someone might be able to assist me, someone completely new
> to Debian and relatively new to Linux........? To set up my Epson Stylus C43UX
> USB Printer, which works a treat with the C42UX driver in Linux.......... On
> my Acer 1355LC laptop.
> 
> I have ***not*** been able to connect through http://localhost:631 and unable
> to get the onto the cups server through the KDE peripherals Pinter wizard.
> 
> Cups appears to be looking for a network, which is non existent, yet has some
> relevance to the hostname that I gave the system during the install, instead
> of leaving it as the default "Debian"
> 
> This is the message that is in /var/log/cups/error_log
> 
> I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Listening to 0:631
> I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Loaded configuration file
> "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Configured for up to 100
> clients. I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Allowing up to 100 client connections
> per host. I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Full reload is required.
> E [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] LoadAllClasses: Unable to open
> /etc/cups/classes.conf - No such file or directory I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:48
> +1000] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 2163 PPDs... I
> [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49 +1000] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... I
> [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49 +1000] Full reload complete. E [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49
> +1000] StartListening: Unable to find IP address for server name "ariestao" -
> Host name lookup failure

You could try http://192.168.x.x:631 (using your IP address) or check
/etc/hosts to ensure you have something like:
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

Regards

Clive

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