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

[gerhard]

On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 14:32 -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> Scott Lockwood wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 19:32 +0200, gerhard wrote:
> >> If I go  sudo gedit /etc/default the file is empty
> > 
> > That's not a file. That's a directory. what does 'sudo
> > gedit /etc/default/cupsys' tell you?
> > 
> 
> Woa, don't do that..
> 
> try 'sudo less /etc/default/cupsys' instead.
> 
> If you do decide to use a GUI program, always use gksudo.
> 
> 'gksudo /etc/default/cupsys'
> 
> It's something about sudo not changing your $HOME variable and messing
> up your X authentication when you launch GUI programs.

# Cups configure options

# LOAD_LP_MODULE: enable/disable to load "lp" parallel printer driver
module
LOAD_LP_MODULE=yes

But the message cups server could not be contacted appears again and I
can not setup my printer

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