Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:05:19 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: ecrist@secure-computing.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time CUPS user, config problems? Message-ID: <40F8F9DF.7050606@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <200407170330.21820.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <200407170226.19474.ecrist@secure-computing.net> <40F8E080.1010600@circlesquared.com> <200407170330.21820.ecrist@secure-computing.net>
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Eric Crist wrote: > On Saturday 17 July 2004 03:17, Peter Risdon wrote: > >>Cups installs /usr/local/bin/lp and /usr/local/bin/lpr and leaves >>/usr/bin/lp and /usr/bin/lpr in place. Back these up, symlink the cups >>versions into their places and try again. >> >>If you want to verify you have a properly running Cups before you do >>this, use the web interface (http://localhost:631) to print a test page. >>It ought to work. >> >>HTH >> >>Peter. > > > Hey Peter, > > I tried the web interface, and that's what's not printing test pages. Do I > need to move these execs before I try to print a test page? Not so good - I generally find this works even when the /usr/bin binaries are still there. > > Also, CUPS seems to have munged up my other printer installations pretty > badly, and I don't know what to do to get them back. Probably because it overwrites /etc/printcap I guess I'd rather get > CUPS working right anyways. Have you tried testing cups by using the cups binaries on the command line specifying the full path? #/usr/local/bin/lpr /etc/hosts should print. If it doesn't, you might get a useful error message. Peter. > > Thanks! >
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