[cups.general] Client.conf -- ServerName causes No route to Host

[Helge Blischke]

Matthew Kettlewell wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> OS:  Fedora Core 3 (client & server)
> Cups: cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.8
> 
> Problem:  My client machine can't (won't?) print to my server machine.
> 
> Setup:  Server name is 'mushu' (192.168.1.5) client name is 'goofy'
> (192.168.1.2)
> 
> In client box, if I specify a ServerName in client.conf (ip or name) it
> causes a "no route to host' message using lpinfo or lpstat and eggcups
> doesn't show any available printers.  However, if I specify no
> serverName in client.conf, I don't get the message, but no printing
> activity either.  I've re-checked my /etc/hosts file and netstat -r
> looks OK.
> 
> I've turned browsing on (client and server machines).  I turned loglevel
> to debug2, but I don't see any errors.  In fact I am seeing what appears
> to be ipp://   logged traffic.
> 
> I have set my deny policy to None and my Allow policy to All ( to debug
> and eliminate permission problems)
> 
> I'm at a loss.  I've seen lots of traffic on problems setting up client
> machines, but they all have gotten things set up eventually.  I've been
> messing with this for a week straight, and am running out of ideas.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> PS.  If my cupsd.conf or client.conf files would be of help I can post
> them as well.

Can you ping one box from the other?

Helge

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