Fixed it by upgrading to testing (CUPS 1.1.15). (in case anyone has same problem).
see new thread for new problems! matt On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 12:54:37PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hi everyone, > > after some misguided, uninformed apt-getting I broke my CUPS system > and couldn't figure out what was wrong. So I decided to remove all > CCUPS packages (cupsys, cupsys-client, and a couple of tohers) as well > as the foomatic packages, reinstall them, and try again. > > Now CUPS is reinstalled, but I'm having a terrible time getting my > printer reinstalled. Here's the situation: > > even though I ran apt-get remove --purge, when I reinstalled CUPS my > old printer ocnfiguration files were still there. So to try and get > rtd of htem, I erased /etc/cupsys/printers.conf. This was not > sufficient; cups still seems to think that my old printers are there, > andwhen I try to removethem I get > "ckient-error-gone" in the web interface (I can't find these errors > in the error log, or I'd give you a afuller reading from the log) > > SAo I figured I'd just try to add a new pritner description. When I > do this, I get > "client-error-not-authorized". > > I tried fiddng around with the authorizations in cupsd.ocnf, but this > hasn't helped yet. > > I should add that I had some trouble setting my printer up when I first > installed it (I have a Lexmark z53 on USB), but I kept careful notes > about how to fix the problem (after someone helped me out on this > list!) and have followed them scrupulously. > > Can anyone help me? I can't find a description of these > "client-errors" anywhere inth e CUPS docs! > > thanks, > > matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
