socket doesnt exist, cannot create a printer

ed smith ed.smith at mcquay.com
Tue Aug 5 11:38:22 PDT 2008


> ed smith wrote:
> >>Binaries for Cups 1.1.21 was recently installed on a solaris 10 server. Config of cups has been assigned to me. I cant get sockets to work.
> >>
> >>root at usclsmcq003/>  lpadmin -p plyadm3 -v socket://172.16.1.34:9100  -P plyadm3.ppd
> >>UX:lpadmin: ERROR: "socket://172.16.1.34:9100" doesn't exist.
> >>           TO FIX: Create the file, special device, or FIFO
> >>                   for the -v option before running this
> >>                   command.
> >>root at usclsmcq003/>
> >>
> >>I also tried ipp just for the insight. no dice.
> >>
> >>root at usclsmcq003/>
> >>root at usclsmcq003/>  lpadmin -p plyadm3 -v ipp://172.16.1.34:9100  -P plyadm3.ppd
> >>UX:lpadmin: ERROR: "ipp://172.16.1.34:9100" doesn't exist.
> >>           TO FIX: Create the file, special device, or FIFO
> >>                   for the -v option before running this
> >>                   command.
> >>
> >>There is a firewall between the server and the printers, but port 9100 is open both dirs, and I have had the firewall people monitor the FW when I attempt to create the printer and they do not see an attempt to trespass. I am wondering if cups ever really took hold of this server.
> >>cupsd and lpsched are up. what did I forget? haven't encounterd this before. what did I miss? I am under extreme deadline in mfg environment. help!
> >>Thanks!
> >>Ed Smith
> >
> >
> > PS Forgot to include lpinfo -v
> > root at usclsmcq003/opt/sfw/cups/sbin> ./lpinfo -v
> > network socket
> > network http
> > network ipp
> > network lpd
> > serial serial:/dev/cua/a?baud=115200
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer0
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer1
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer2
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer3
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer4
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer5
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer6
> > direct usb:/dev/usb/printer7
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ed Smith
> >
> >>
> >
>
> I suspect your CUPS has been installed in a non-standard
> location (presumable /usr/local/...), and you by accident
> executed the native Solaris lpadmin command which expects
> a special device (something like /dev/...) as the value
> for the -v option but a device-uri.
>
> Helge
>
>
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
>
> H.Blischke at acm.org

Helge,
That appears to be the problem. I will have to manipulate my paths somehow to point to the /opt/sfw/cups directories, as indicated in the READMEs. Thanks for you help!
Ed Smith





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