On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:53:01AM +1000, Marie-Louise wrote: > This is the message that is in /var/log/cups/error_log > > I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Listening to 0:631 > [...] > E [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49 +1000] StartListening: Unable to find IP address > for server name "ariestao" - Host name lookup failure
The last message seems to be the root of the problem. Your machine has a host name of ariestao, but the resolver doesn't know how to translate this into an IP address. Try the following command: ping -c1 ariestao If this produces an error message like "ping: unknown host ariestao", the easiest way to fix this would be to add a line to /etc/hosts with the hosts IP address and the hostname: 192.168.xxx.yyy ariestao (adjust 192.168.xxx.yyy to match your actual IP) Check again with ping afterwards. If you get a different error, and cannot interpret it, please post it here. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > # telnet localhost 631 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out That seems like your networking setup is broken, or you have a firewall which drops packages. If networking was OK, and no server process was listening on port 631, you would get the following error: telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > # /sbin/fuser -n tcp 631 > -su: /sbin/fuser: No such file or directory The error message gives you a hint why the command failed: On Debian systems, the fuser command is not in /sbin/fuser, but in /bin/fuser. Try the following command instead (as root): fuser -n tcp 631 Or better yet (also as root): netstat -atnp | grep 631 > Its not a firewall problem, because nothing changes even when there is no > firewall or I use the command :- # iptables -nL INPUT Does the command "iptables-save" output anything? Mirko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]