Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread John Meissen
denis.heidtm...@gmail.com said: > That is what I did: > sudo systemctl stop cups.service: >no messages in response. > sudo systemctl restart cups.service. >Msg: "failed to restart cups.service unit cups.service is masked" Have you tried sudo systemctl unmask cups.service sudo

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 07/02/2016 08:26 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 7:59 PM, John Jason Jordan > wrote: > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 16:25:19 -0700 >> Denis Heidtmann dijo: >> >> There is a command line way to stop and start cups, but I can't >> remember the syntax. > > That is what I did: > sudo

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 7:59 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 16:25:19 -0700 > Denis Heidtmann dijo: > > There is a command line way to stop and start cups, but I can't > remember the syntax. That is what I did: sudo systemctl stop cups.service: no messages in response. sudo s

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 16:25:19 -0700 Denis Heidtmann dijo: There is a command line way to stop and start cups, but I can't remember the syntax. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Mark Phillips
Denis, Do you by any chance have an HP printer? Is it networked? I ran into a similar situation a while ago, and had to install the hp linux printer software to get the printer to work with cups. So, if you have an hp printer on your network, then I may be able to help. If not, then I am quite use

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Ken Stephens wrote: > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard > > wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > >> > >>> I had no problem until yesterday. It has likely been a number days > since > >>> I last used it

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > This what I get: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at > localhost:631. > > I think the messages say the server is not working, so there is nothing to > connect to. Denis, Sure looks like CUPS is not running. And, you reported tryi

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Ken Stephens
Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard > wrote: > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> >>> I had no problem until yesterday. It has likely been a number days since >>> I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the interim, >>> but nothin

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > I had no problem until yesterday. It has likely been a number days since > > I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the interim, > > but nothing major. > > Denis, > >In

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I had no problem until yesterday. It has likely been a number days since > I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the interim, > but nothing major. Denis, In your web browser, enter the URL of http://localhost:631. Take a look

[PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I had no problem until yesterday. It has likely been a number days since I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the interim, but nothing major. In the GUI System Settings, Printers I try -localhost -connect I get a window "cups server error: There was an error during the cups