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Re: CUPS is just killing me



On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 13:17:45 -0700, briand@aracnet.com wrote:

> well, i tried to purge the avahi thingy and accidentally purged cups

I've not had my mind boggled in a long time but it is boggling now; in
spades. avahi-daemon is only a recommendation. It is impossible to purge
cups by its removal 

> i reinstalled cups AND i had saved a copy of the /etc/cups directory
> such in the event of such an occassion.
> 
> so i re-copied the entire directory.
> 
> and the printer didn't work. furthermore cups is not acting the same.
> 
> so in desperation I tried:
> 
>   ipp://192.168.1.111/ipp

An unknown technique.

> and lo and behold i can print a test page.
> 
> But, now none of the other computers on the network see the cups server.
> 
> just absolutely killing me.

What do think it is doing to us? We await further developments.


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