Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

On 15/06/11 13:56, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 15 Jun 2011 at 12:38:54 +0100, AG wrote:
>
> > I have restarted the CUPS server and can print okay ... just cannot
> > connect to the server.
> CUPS needs a cupsd.conf to run. The file is installed when CUPS is
> installed (it is not a binary file). I cannot see how you can get the
> server restarted. /var/sbin does not exist on this system.
>
> desktop:/home/brian# mv /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf-orig
> desktop:/home/brian#
>
> desktop:/home/brian# /etc/init.d/cups restart
> Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
> Message from syslogd@desktop at Jun 15 13:55:33 ...
>   cupsd: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' -
> exiting!
> cupsd: Child exited with status 1!
>   failed!
Brian

My bad.  Forget that stanza about /var/sbin .  I have located it in 
/etc/cups/cups.conf and elsewhere.  Not sure what I was going on about :(

AG