No replies? Clear as mud? Let me rephrase my question! :) My 2 computer network running sarge on both boxes printed fine until I upgraded one box to etch. Now only local printing works.
Box A runs sarge. Box B with an HP5L printer runs etch. Box A config files are unchanged. Box B has new etch cupsd.conf, but trying the old sarge cupsd.conf did not work either. So Box B (etch) prints locally, but doesn't print jobs from Box A. Box A sees the printers on Box B: Box A: $ lpstat -a cups-PDF accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00 HP5L accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00 Box A shows print jobs dispatched, but shows errors. This was a one page text file printed from firefox. Box A /var/log/cups/error_log: I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:18 -0400] Job 1 queued on 'HP5L' by 'jacki'. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:18 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 3679) for job 1. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Job 2 queued on 'HP5L' by 'jacki'. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 3680) for job 2. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Job 3 queued on 'HP5L' by 'jacki'. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 3681) for job 3. N [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] [Job 1] : Print file accepted - job ID 2. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Job 4 queued on 'HP5L' by 'jacki'. I [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 3682) for job 4. N [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] [Job 2] : Print file accepted - job ID 3. [...] cupsys spews jobs and has to be killed. Box A: /var/cups/page_log: HP5L jacki 1 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] 1 1 - localhost HP5L jacki 1 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] total 0 - localhost HP5L jacki 2 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] 1 1 - localhost HP5L jacki 2 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] total 0 - localhost HP5L jacki 3 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] 1 1 - localhost HP5L jacki 3 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] total 0 - localhost HP5L jacki 4 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] 1 1 - localhost HP5L jacki 4 [17/Apr/2007:09:57:19 -0400] total 0 - localhost Box B /var/log/cups/* has no entries for this time period. Box B: ~$ awk '!/^#/&&NF>0' /etc/cups/cupsd.conf LogLevel info SystemGroup lpadmin Listen localhost:631 Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny BrowseAllow 192.168.1.103 BrowseAllow @LOCAL BrowseAddress 192.168.1.103 DefaultAuthType Basic <Location /> Order allow,deny Allow localhost Allow 192.168.1.103 </Location> <Location /admin> Encryption Required Order allow,deny Allow localhost </Location> <Location /admin/conf> AuthType Basic Require user @SYSTEM Order allow,deny Allow localhost </Location> <Policy default> # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an adminstrator... <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # All administration operations require an adminstrator to authenticate... <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs CUPS-Set-Default> AuthType Basic Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job... <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> <Limit All> Order deny,allow </Limit> </Policy> Printcap /var/run/cups/printcap Box A: $ awk '!/^#/&&NF>0' /etc/cups/cupsd.conf DefaultCharset notused LogLevel info Printcap /var/run/cups/printcap Port 631 BrowseAddress 192.168.1.104 <Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.1.104 </Location> <Location /jobs> AuthType Basic AuthClass User </Location> <Location /admin> AuthType Basic AuthClass System Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 </Location> I'd appreciate any pointers, suggestions, or admonitions. The man pages, cups docs local and online, searching the net, all did not help. I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious. Thanks! Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]