Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-11 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 16:47 -0400, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 04:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: I assume that 192.168.2.3 is the localhost. Yes? It is safer to be sure and open: http://localhost:631. A web page should open if cups is running. 192.168.2.3 is the reserved ip of the machine

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-11 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 14:39 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/10/2011 12:03 PM, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 02:48 PM, Dale Dellutri wrote: Do you mean the firewall on the desktop or the laptop. Both need to allow the cups on the client (laptop) to talk to the cups on the server (desktop).

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2011 06:40 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On what machine is 207,,0.0.1 is localhost rather than 127.0.0.1 Some days I can manage to type things correctly. Yesterday wasn't one of them. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Woods
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:58 -0400, Bill wrote: I'm running Fedora 15 on a Dell XPS m1530 laptop (192.168.2.2), which is connected via modem/router to a network which includes my Dell Inspiron 530 desktop (192.168.2.3), which is currently running Linux Mint 11. My HP Officejet 5610

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Dale Dellutri
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Bill hb.cog@gmail.com wrote: Greetings. I've recently switched from Ubuntu to Fedora. So far I'm pleased, though I'm having real difficulty detecting my network printer (which worked automagically under Linux Mint 10). I've searched Google, the Fedora

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 02:24 PM, Greg Woods wrote: Make sure you have the hplip package installed, then try using hp-setupIP of printer. This solution only works for HP printers and I confess that I have not tried it on F15, but it has worked for me in the past. Greg, I had hplip installed, and when I

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 02:48 PM, Dale Dellutri wrote: Do you mean the firewall on the desktop or the laptop. Both need to allow the cups on the client (laptop) to talk to the cups on the server (desktop). Both. Perhaps you could try opening a browser window on the laptop and going to:

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 06/10/2011 03:03 PM, Bill wrote: Perhaps you could try opening a browser window on the laptop and going to: http://192.168.2.3:631 and the desktop cups server should answer, I think. I thought the same thing and tried, but the web page is not available. cups is normally configured

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 06/10/2011 03:09 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:03 PM, Bill wrote: Perhaps you could try opening a browser window on the laptop and going to: http://192.168.2.3:631 and the desktop cups server should answer, I think. I thought the same thing and tried, but the

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 03:11 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: cups is normally configured to listen just on localhost (that is, NOT through network connections). From /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, you need to change this line: Listen localhost:631 to: Listen localhost:631 Listen 192.168.2.3:631 You

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Woods
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 14:56 -0400, Bill wrote: Greg, I had hplip installed, and when I tried the setup command the system replied that I needed to install hplip-gui. That is definitely not what happened when I did it. Try logging in to a text console where there is no display, and see if

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 04:13 PM, Greg Woods wrote: On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 14:56 -0400, Bill wrote: Greg, I had hplip installed, and when I tried the setup command the system replied that I needed to install hplip-gui. That is definitely not what happened when I did it. Try logging in to a text

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 15:03 -0400, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 02:48 PM, Dale Dellutri wrote: Do you mean the firewall on the desktop or the laptop. Both need to allow the cups on the client (laptop) to talk to the cups on the server (desktop). Both. Perhaps you could try opening a

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 15:55 -0400, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:11 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: cups is normally configured to listen just on localhost (that is, NOT through network connections). From /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, you need to change this line: Listen localhost:631

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Woods
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 16:19 -0400, Bill wrote: Oh man! I was doing the hplip stuff on the laptop (guest), not the desktop. Should have known that. I'll try again. Thanks. (...the print client host; is that the laptop - the computer without the printer connected?) Yes, that's what I meant.

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 04:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: I assume that 192.168.2.3 is the localhost. Yes? It is safer to be sure and open: http://localhost:631. A web page should open if cups is running. 192.168.2.3 is the reserved ip of the machine connected to the modem/router via ethernet cable, and

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 06/10/2011 03:55 PM, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:11 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: cups is normally configured to listen just on localhost (that is, NOT through network connections). From /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, you need to change this line: Listen localhost:631 to: Listen

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/10/2011 12:03 PM, Bill wrote: On 06/10/2011 02:48 PM, Dale Dellutri wrote: Do you mean the firewall on the desktop or the laptop. Both need to allow the cups on the client (laptop) to talk to the cups on the server (desktop). Both. Perhaps you could try opening a browser window on

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Javier Perez
Much easier, use the following command from the command line cupsctl --share-printers --remote-any See: http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.5/sharing.html On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:09 PM, Dr. Michael J.

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 07:09 PM, Javier Perez wrote: cupsctl --share-printers --remote-any That did it, Javier! I can't believe it was that simple. And after reading the documentation on the cups site until my eyes crossed. Can't thank all who responded enough. With that solved, it's Miller time.

Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
Greetings. I've recently switched from Ubuntu to Fedora. So far I'm pleased, though I'm having real difficulty detecting my network printer (which worked automagically under Linux Mint 10). I've searched Google, the Fedora documentation, the Fedora Forums - everything I can think of to no

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Javier Perez
Is cups running? service cups status On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Bill hb.cog@gmail.com wrote: Greetings. I've recently switched from Ubuntu to Fedora. So far I'm pleased, though I'm having real difficulty detecting my network printer (which worked automagically under Linux Mint

Re: Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

2011-06-10 Thread Bill
On 06/10/2011 12:03 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Is cups running? service cups status service cups status cups.service - LSB: The CUPS scheduler Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups) Active: active (running) since Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:40:55 -0400; 1h 30min ago Process: