reaching CUPS, as I should be able to, is the problem, not printing (that is a personal problem).
Again, your help (Brian) is appreciated but it seems as the problem and the reason I am bringing it up here is not just to solve my own printer problem, as this I brought into myself last year by buying a cheap printer with no linux support. Let's say I buy another printer with linux drivers available, would CUPS be reachable. To sum it up, there are others out there with Debian upgrade to testing that experienced the same and although they pin point the problem to /etc/hosts PARANOIA I have not been able to do the same as I can not find the correct syntax for making exceptions. LYNX did not work, same unreachable response (wow it is still alive?) I will not try to rename ~/.mozilla as I already said that I created a new user and started ff from scratch new - no-plugins No difference. Running browser as root did not reach. I am suspecting a more serious problem than it appears. Here is another output if that helps: $ ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.015 ms $ ping 127.0.0.1:631 ping: 127.0.0.1:631: Name or service not known ftp or telnet was not responsive either I also run LXDE, going to X or openbox had the same exact results. Brian: > On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 01:18:40 +0100, r...@openmailbox.org wrote: > >>> Device: uri = usb://RICOH/SP%20112SU%20DDST?serial=X004MB30122&interface=1 >>> class = direct >>> info = RICOH SP 112SU DDST >>> make-and-model = RICOH SP 112SU DDST >>> device-id = MFG:RICOH ;CMD:GDI;MDL:SP 112SU DDST;CLS:PRINTER; >>> location = > > You appear to have a browser problem rather than a printing problem. > I believe the advice with Firefox is to move ~/.mozilla out of the > way and restart it. Lynx would be good enough for what you want to > do. Try that to access localhost:631. > > Alternatively, put your PPD in /usr/share/ppd/custom and use > > lpadmin -p ... -v usb://RICOH/... -E -m /usr/share/ppd/custom/<myppd> >
