Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su
On Sat 04 Feb 2017 at 18:44:04 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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.
A problem was stated and diagnosed and a solution offered. Up to now,
the OP hasn't even had the grace to say what the solution did for him.
--
Brian.
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