Re: Printer & localhost:631

[Marie-Louise <rose_snug@bigpond.com>]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:39:02 +0200 using the keyboard as a tool Mirko crafted
these words:

    |- On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:53:01AM +1000, Marie-Louise wrote:
    |- > This is the message that is in /var/log/cups/error_log
    |- > 
    |- > I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Listening to 0:631
    |- > [...]
    |- > E [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49 +1000] StartListening: Unable to find IP
address
    |- > for server name "ariestao" - Host name lookup failure
    |- 
    |- The last message seems to be the root of the problem.  Your machine has
    |- a host name of ariestao, but the resolver doesn't know how to translate
    |- this into an IP address. Try the following command:
    |- ping -c1 ariestao
    |- 
    |- If this produces an error message like
    |- "ping: unknown host ariestao", 
    |- the easiest way to fix this would be to add a line to /etc/hosts with
    |- the hosts IP address and the hostname:
    |- 192.168.xxx.yyy  ariestao
    |- (adjust 192.168.xxx.yyy to match your actual IP)
    |- Check again with ping afterwards.
    |- 
    |- If you get a different error, and cannot interpret it, please post it
    |- here.
    |- 
    |- > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    |- > # telnet localhost 631
    |- > Trying 127.0.0.1...
    |- > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
    |- 
    |- That seems like your networking setup is broken, or you have a firewall
    |- which drops packages. If networking was OK, and no server process was
    |- listening on port 631, you would get the following error:
    |- telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
    |- 
    |- > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    |- > # /sbin/fuser -n tcp 631
    |- > -su: /sbin/fuser: No such file or directory
    |- 
    |- The error message gives you a hint why the command failed: On Debian
    |- systems, the fuser command is not in /sbin/fuser, but in /bin/fuser.
    |- 
    |- Try the following command instead (as root):
    |- fuser -n tcp 631
    |- 
    |- Or better yet (also as root):
    |- netstat -atnp | grep 631
    |- 
    |- > Its not a firewall problem, because nothing changes even when there
is no
    |- > firewall or I use the command :- # iptables -nL INPUT
    |- 
    |- Does the command "iptables-save" output anything?
    |- 
    |- Mirko
    |- 
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That's exactly what I get Mirko, you are brilliant. This is what I wanted to
know and thank you for your time with this.

But one more question......... how do I find out the Net address that is Mine,
for this machine???? I know nothing of networking.

Thank you again for your time.

Be well,
Charlie.

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