cups problem

[Bogler]

I have installed cups 1.0.5-1 from an rpm

When i use the web interface i.e.
http://www.localhost:631/admin
to set up my printer .. it tells me that....

Not Found

The requested resource was not found on this server.

I have tried logging in as both user and root.

I'm pretty sure that cups is running with

service cups start/restart .. etc

I have also tried stopping ipchains to see if my problem is somehow
firewall related.

Weird one.

Cheers

Bogler

[paradox]

Wow, I didn't know you could even do that with cups!

[me=Aragorn]needs to learn a bit more about cups....it has always just *worked* for him.[/me]

:-\

Aragorn

[trommaster]

it works fine for me.
is apache setup??
can you connect straight to localhost?
ah....
www. = world wide web

connect to http://localhost:631/admin and see if it works
i think you'll have to login as root

[JimH]

I don't know anything about cups either. Always been one of those things I wanted to try and never get around too. I probably will with the next Red Hat release, cups is going to be included as an install option.

Jim H

[Bogler]

I tried the alternate address (thanks Alastair) still didn't work, it keeps giving me a
Netscape 404 error.

I have blown away lp* as part of the installation.

I'll try installling the latest version from the tar.gz file and see if i can get it going.

Determined to get this damn printer working. Its a Lexmark Z32.
The driver that comes with RH7.2 is pretty useless unfortunately.

Off to www.cups.org then

Regards

Bogler
:-\ ;D

[Spot]

isn't it httpS:// and not http://?

[trommaster]

no

[JimH]

Try these newer CUPS RPM's and see if they cure your problem. I compiled them on my RH 7.2 box, with all errata applied.

http://www.getlinuxonline.com/Downloads/RH72/

I didn't try the qtcups addon, but I briefly installed CUPS and configured a printer and printed a couple things. Didn't really test it alot.

You connect to http://localhost:631/admin to configure you should be prompted for your root login and password.

Jim H

[Bogler]

I got it working but the latest version of cups still does not seem to support my printer. The nearest i could get were drivers for an Epson.

I have not properly read the documentation so will still probably be doing something wrong. I send the printer jobs and precisely nothing happens. cups tells me that the jobs have been processed etc.

Will also have a look at the Lexmark site to see if they have updated their Linux drivers.

Regards

Bogler

[JimH]

The "drivers" included are basically examples. I had to grab a driver from http://www.linuxprinting.org

They have a page that will generate a "driver" for use with cups. Your Z32 seems to be even worse supported then my Z51. There are some cups drivers in rawhide, but I did not compile them. They required a newer version of foomatic then I had installed, so I didn't get around to it. They were drivers for HP and Epson, from the package information anyway.

Jim H