Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:13:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Dr. Lyman Hazelton" <lrh@alum.mit.edu> Cc: tech@freebsdmall.com Subject: Re: Is something broken in the 5.1 BSD Boxed Distribution of CUPS? Message-ID: <20031219031320.GA55360@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200312171746.14234.lrh@alum.mit.edu> References: <200312171746.14234.lrh@alum.mit.edu>
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--lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:46:14PM -0700, Dr. Lyman Hazelton wrote: > I have installed CUPS on two separate machines (very different=20 > machines, too) from the distribution disks in the Boxed set of=20 > FreeBSD release 5.1. I can connect to the daemon on localhost:631=20 > and read the documentation, BUT I can't do anything else. CUPS won't=20 > even allow me to put in a new printer, and responds with an error=20 > message page "Entity too large." The fact that this happens on two=20 > different computers in exactly the same way means either that I am=20 > doing something wrong in exactly the same way, or that there is=20 > something wrong with the distribution. I have read the documentation=20 > very carefully and tried to follow the examples exactly. No joy. =20 > Perhaps you can give me some advice. >=20 > I have a laserjet on an LPT queue on my router, with address=20 > 192.168.2.1, with queue name lpt1. What should I be enterring for=20 > the values of the name, location, and description for this device? =20 > Alternatively, what would the line be to accomplish the addition of=20 > this printer using lpadmin, please? If I'm doing this right, I'll=20 > just build CUPS from the port, but I'd be willing to bet I'm doing=20 > something wrong. Try asking on a CUPS mailing list. Kris --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/4mzPWry0BWjoQKURAiaxAKDQnp+TSGsR2vRpFSX+7+GN9yTpzQCdGJu+ 3FLO4STnx4BgrWKJn58QV8c= =YJBh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ--
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