Unable to bind - cannot print to cups

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Tue Oct 20 02:20:49 PDT 2009


Claire wrote:

> I am using CUPS 1.3.10 on Solaris 10, which has worked fine until
> yesterday. I can print a test page from CUPS to the printer, however no
> other software will print to CUPS any more.
> 
> The only error(s) in the CUPS log are:
> Unable to bind socket for address ::1:631  cannot assign requested address
> 
> [CGI] rpcclient not found!
> [CGI] smbclient not found!
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it please?
Check if the ipp-listener of the native Solaris spool system is running
(check with command "svcs -a | grep ipp") and, if it is active,
disable it with "svcadm disable ipp-listener" (cut and paste the complete
service descriptor to be on the safe side).

Helge





More information about the cups mailing list