cannot open system/admin/printing, cups errors, cups server could not be contacted...

[gerhard]

On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 11:30 -0500, Scott Lockwood wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 18:14 +0200, gerhard wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:12 -0500, Scott Lockwood wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 22:05 +0200, gerhard wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I installed cupsys before but the link to http://localhost:631/ does
> > > > not work.
> > > > When I go to system/admin/printing the local printer does not even
> > > > appear and gives me this message: cups server could not be contacte 
> > > 
> > > Is there a cupsys script in /etc/init.d/ ? Is there anything
> > > in /etc/default/ ?
> > > 
> > What commands do I use to access these files??? 
> 
> Ok. Let's back up a bit.
> 
> Have you verified that cups is installed?
> 
> If so,
> Is there a file in /etc/init.d/ named cupsys?
> 
> If so,
> what happens if you type 'sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart'?
> 
I get this" * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
[ ok ] 


> -- 
> Regards,
> Scott Lockwood
> 
>