Printer Queue Problems

[jbuckley2004]

I've been trying to get remote printing going using Mandriva 2007 Free. As I did successfully just last month, I installed CUPS and hplip, but I've run into a new problem.

The first time I entered the MCC and tried to set up the printer queue, I recall getting a dialog that asked me to select search for remote or local printers. I inadvertently selected "local printers" (at least, I think I did), and it never found one, and I don't think I exited the MCC 'gracefully'. From that point on, I've been unable to get back to that dialog, and all I see is a "please wait" message and a search that apparently never terminates.

 

From the browser, when I go to http://localhost:631, I get "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:631. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments."

 

If I select 'print' from the menu, firefox (and any application that I try to print from) freezes.

 

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

 

Thanks in advance

[SoulSe]

Try https://localhost:631

 

Also paste your CUPS config file, if you can.

[jbuckley2004]

Thanks for the come-back, SoulSe.

Trying to connect to localhost:631 using https: returns the same error-page as before, using http:

My cups.conf file reads (in toto):

<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>
 <!-- Only root can send this message -->
 <policy user="root">
<allow send_interface="com.redhat.PrinterSpooler"/>
 </policy>

 <!-- Allow any connection to receive the message -->
 <policy context="default">
<allow receive_interface="com.redhat.PrinterSpooler"/>
 </policy>
</busconfig>

(This is in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/)

 

Hope there's a clue in there, somewhere.