w/ CUPS and FC2: "lpr: error - scheduler not responding!"

From: Matt (matt_at_themattfella.zzzz.com)
Date: 10/20/04


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:51:49 GMT

I've been using CUPS successfully with Fedora Core 1 and 2. Recently I
even had it working so as to share the printer over the network. But
now my browser and pdf reader and lpr can't print anything. I get a
message "lpr: error - scheduler not responding!". I can print a
plaintext or PostScript file by something like: cat myfile > /dev/lp0.

I've used system-config-printer to remove and reinstall the printer, and
I've used system-config-services to start and stop the cups daemon
(cupsd). I am unable to stop the cups-lpd service (xinetd (pid 2243) is
running...).

My current system is Fedora Core 2, recently reinstalled and updated
using yum. The printer is an HP LaserJet 1200.

Maybe a bad cups rpm was released on Oct 5. Can anybody confirm this?

Part of `rpm -qi cups` is:

Name : cups Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.1.20 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 11.4 Build Date: Tue 05 Oct 2004
05:56:12 AM CDT
Install Date: Fri 08 Oct 2004 03:04:16 AM CDT Build Host:
tweety.build.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM:
cups-1.1.20-11.4.src.rpm
Size : 5909295 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 05 Oct 2004 10:10:49 AM CDT, Key ID
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://www.cups.org/
Summary : Common Unix Printing System



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