Problems with cups and printing

[NoOp]

On 07/26/2007 11:12 AM, Peter N Spotts wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:43:26 +0700
> Fajar Priyanto <fajarpri at cbn.net.id> wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday 26 July 2007 23:23:58 Peter N Spotts wrote:
>> > cupsAddCert: Unable to create certification
>> 
>> Hello Peter,
>> From google:
>> http://person.sol.lu.se/JohanFrid/webapps/pmwiki/index.php/Blog/Blog
>> http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2005-December/085303.html
>> 
>> The solution is as Brian suggested is to restart cups. But, looks
>> like it doesnt work in your case. So, maybe you can try to administer
>> cups through it's web interface. From firefox, open
>> http://localhost:631
>> 
> 
> Thanks, but I tried that, too. And the web browser just hung up, while
> the CPU meter went to full. No error message on the browser, just
> working, working , working...
> 
> Pete
> 
> 

Kill cups first: sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys stop
Then try to restart. sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

You could try editing/checking your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file to see if
it perhaps was changed around the time you started having problems.

Also check:
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ubuntu+%2B%22%2Fvar%2Frun.cups%2Fcerts%2F%22>
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/2t5bqt]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/112803
You might try the dbus fix in the proposed repository: see the last few
messages in the bug thread.

If that doesn't work then try removing cups completely (purge) and
reinstall. Could be that your config files got messed up somehwere along
the line & that's probably the easiest way to move forward. Info on how
to reinstall etc is here:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Print_Server_.28cupsd.29

In that you are running an HP, you might also check to make sure that
all of your hplip services are running (System|Administration|Services).