cups not working after lightning strike

Paul Repacholi prep at prep.synonet.com
Mon Jun 28 14:37:37 PDT 2004


"Kevin H. Phillips" <kh-phillips at 9-5usa.org> writes:

> I'm running cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.3 on a RedHat Linux 9.0 machine.  Two
> weeks ago my house was apparently hit by lightning and my
> computer/server was affected.  I got it going again but have been
> unable to print since then.  lpstat -t gives this:

...

> I can go to the Web-based interface and try to do administrative
> tasks and can apparently stop and start the printer but when I try
> printing a test page I get a message that the connection was
> refused.  I know that the printer is OK because I have been able to
> print successfully from my laptop computer.

I suspect your // port has been toasted, or the cable. Can you try
another printer on the port for a test?

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