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

Matthew Kettlewell matt at kettlewell.net
Tue May 31 19:12:12 PDT 2005


Helge Blischke wrote:
> 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
> 

Yes, I have a fairly solid running network, works with both hostname and 
ip address.  I am 100% baffled by what I am seeing.


Thanks

Matt





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