[cups.general] Cups 1.3.7-8, service to clients

[Margaret Doll]

On May 7, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Tim Waugh wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 08:44 -0400, Margaret Doll wrote:
>> With these settings, the client RedHat system is still getting the
>> message that
>> 	
>> 	Network host 'name' is busy, down, or unreachable; will retry in 30
>> seconds.
>
> I think this message (thank you very much for quoting it exactly!)  
> comes
> from the lpd backend -- are you using 'lpd://'-style URIs on the  
> client?

I am using lpd on the client.    I originally set the server lpd, but  
I have
changed that to ipp.  The printer on which I am testing the connection
is a HP Laserjet 9000
>
> If so, please check that the 'cups-lpd' service is enabled:

I did have cups-lpd disabled.  I changed the configuration in
/etc/xinetd.d/cups-lpd  and then restarted xinetd.
>
>
> # chkconfig --list cups-lpd
> cups-lpd       	on
>
> and that xinetd, the "super-server" used by cups-lpd, is enabled for
> your runlevel, and running:
>

The next two commands match the status on the client.
> # chkconfig --list xinetd
> xinetd         	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
>
> # service xinetd status
> xinetd (pid  4971) is running...

I am still getting the host is busy message  after the change to cups- 
lpd.
>
>
> I understand that things were working before the update so once we've
> worked out what the problem currently is the next thing is to find out
> what caused it.
>
>> On the server, I get the following errors at boot time:
>>
>> May  5 16:10:14 geops2 cupsd[11379]: *** WARNING *** The programme
>> 'cupsd' uses the
>>  Apple Bonjour compatiblity layer of Avahi.
>> May  5 16:10:14 geops2 cupsd[11379]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your
>> application to
>>  use the native API of Avahi!
>> May  5 16:10:14 geops2 cupsd[11379]: *** WARNING *** For more
>> information see <http
>> ://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=cupsd>
>
> This is harmless.
>
> Tim.
> */
>
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