Re: cups newbie
Thank you all for replying to my post. I will answer individually
to all of you.
If anyone still know how to help me I will appreciate any hint.
Russell L. Harris wrote:
> To use the CUPS webadmin page, the username is 'root' and the
> password is the password of 'root'.
I can't get to that, I am not asked any user/password.
http://localhost:631/ works but none of the links from there like
http://localhost:631/admin/ etc.
Colin wrote:
> Or you could add your user to the lpadmin group and use that user's
> name and password.
I can't do that, I am not asked any user/password. (See my original
post).
Michael Voggenreiter wrote:
> Hi,
> if you try to reach the page from an other machine you have to allow
> the access from other machines in the network in your cups config.
Yes, I know. Thank you. I am on the same machine.
Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> maybe the procedure I followed to make my Epson Stylus C20UX work
> with Sarge can be helpful.
>
Thank you. But the procedure stops at http://localhost:631 . I can't
get anywhere when I click on manage printers. The browser is stuck to
the page and trying to connect to something. Finally it give
connection time out.
M-L wrotte:
> From the CUPS forum, an 'lpinfo -v' should include entries like -
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4
>
> My result was:-
>
> # lpinfo -v
> network socket
> network beh
> network http
> network ipp
> network lpd
>
Mine is:
ciobica:# lpinfo -v
lpinfo: cups-get-devices failed: client-error-forbidden
Exit 1
as explained in my original post.
Thank you all for your help.
Best regards,
Ionel
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