Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su
On Saturday 04 February 2017 18:04:00 Roba wrote:
> Brian:
> > On Sat 04 Feb 2017 at 14:55:18 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> >> Indulge us, and add a line to your cupsd.conf as follows:
> >>
> >> Listen localhost:631
> >>
> >> and restart CUPS and see what happens.
> >
> > It would solve his problem.
> >
> > There is nothing in the postinst script for cups which would replace
> > a "Listen localhost:631" line. Easily tested with
> >
> > apt-get --reinstall install cups
>
> Are you repeatedly denying what I have repeatedly said or is it that
> you just don't know and can't guess? For the rest of the people
> following the thread I can assure you that neither I or has there been
> anybody "physically" that has touched this pc and omitted this line.
> I have no idea whether the update from jessie to stretch would replace
> this file, I assume it is not the same as the packages are different
> so the conf I suspect it might be different, I don't know. That would
> put this change within the past 2-3 weeks.
>
> Unless I read specific instructions form a reliable source to edit a
> conf. file I don't go about messing with them, I know that much.
Do you want it fixed, or do you just want to whine about it? I don't know
why the paranoia over security has caused that to be removed some years
ago, but those of us with well isolated home networks have been putting
that line back in our /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for years. If you refuse to
do it, take your whine on down the hall where there might be some cheese
and maybe some pickles to go with it.
> So for me the puzzle remains, for Brian the explanation maybe I
> sleepwalk and change things unconsciously.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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