[cups.general] Unable to bind - cannot print to cups

[Michael Sweet]

On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:55 AM, Claire wrote:
> Thanks Helge,
>
> The "unable to bind" message has gone, but I am still unable to print
> from other applications and the two [CGI] errors are still present.

Sun uses some sort of helper binding via PAPI to support printing, so  
you need to configure PAPI to use CUPS (and sorry, I don't have  
instructions...)

The CGI errors can be ignored.

>
> Helge Blischke wrote:
>> 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
>>
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer