Once upon a time Bob Underwood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I installed cups and kprint on a different machine and can't connect to
> localhost:631. The error message says: "Could not connect to host
localhost
> (port 631)"
>
> /etc/services has these lines:
>
> ipp 631/tcp #Internet Printing Protocol
> ipp 631/udp #Internet Printing Protocol
>
> /etc/hosts has 127.0.0.1 localhost
>
> root is specifically listed in group lpadmin in /etc/groups.
>
> This box has kernel 2.4.17. The printer will use ipp to print to a
> netprinter on a different box.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but have no clue. Any help?
check to see that the interface lo is up:
#ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:341 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:341 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:31121 (30.3 KiB) TX bytes:31121 (30.3 KiB)
if not jsut do
#ifup lo
hope that helps
Ayman
