On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:59:50 +0200, Morten Holt <th...@t-hawk.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> At Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:18:58 -0400 Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> For some reason printing from firefox has stopped working. >>> When I ^P or file-->print and select a printer (there are two), >>> the "print" button is greyed out. With "print to file", the button is >>> live and the pdf file is successfully created >>> >>> I can print via lpr. >>> >>> If, in firefox, I goto localhost:631 (the cups home page on this >>> machine), >>> I can print test pages to either machine. >>> >>> Is there a way I can ask firefox to tell me why the print button is >>> greyed out? >> >> Some further information. >> Evince has the same situation, "print" is greyed out. > Sounds like the same issue I have, do you get log entries like: > Request from "localhost" using invalid Host: field "::1" > in /var/log/cups/error_log?
For this error, it's because you have an entry ::1 (equivalent for 127.0.0.1 in IPv6) for localhost in your /etc/hosts. To solve, either remove the ::1 localhost entry in /etc/hosts, or add ipv6 use flag to cups. > > If you find a solution to this, please let me know here, I can't seem to > find a solution to the issue, and appearantly nobody has any ideas. > > - -- > Morten 'T-Hawk' Holt > In the joy of anticipation there's the anticipatory > letdown of anticipating not anticipating anticipation > of some future anticipation. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknwEeYACgkQ4U83l8z/woK5zQCgply7PWz2Ndg1ROEVKCGbqsFN > +tQAnRlgk1CqQXVnxNCfBDpBbVme4W1V > =ASIB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Xavier Parizet YaGB : http://gentooist.com GPG : DC81 6FEE 6EBE FCE4 1C18 202F E575 4A5D 036D 1408
