Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client [SOLVED]

2011-04-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-03, Steve Kleene wrote: --- SNIP --- > I have some other notes. On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:05:29 + (UTC), Liam > O'Toole had suggested: > >> To work around the problem above, tell CUPS to listen on the external >> network interface as well: >> >> Listen *:631 > > Putting this line

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client [SOLVED]

2011-04-03 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:33:25 + (UTC), I wrote: > I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP > configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this > printer from the XP client? Here finally is the minimal solution that worked. Based on the s

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-03, Steve Kleene wrote: > I'm getting behind (or maybe I started there). > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:04:49 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> The log files under /var/log/cups on the host >> OS will contain information on any refused connections. > > If I try to set up a network printe

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm getting behind (or maybe I started there). On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:04:49 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole wrote: > The log files under /var/log/cups on the host > OS will contain information on any refused connections. If I try to set up a network printer on XP at http://192.168.1.2:631/printers/L

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 02/04/2011 22:33, Steve Kleene a écrit : > I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP > configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this > printer from the XP client? > > In XP Add Printer, I tried to define a network printer at these URL

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-02, Steve Kleene wrote: >> What sort of networking >> are you using in virtualbox? Can you tell us more about the network >> configuration within the XP guest OS? > > The virtualbox manager says > Adapter 1: PCnet-FAST III (NAT) OK, that's the default. We have established elsewhere t

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-02, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:52:13 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole replied: > >> Instead tell it >> to connect to the virtual private address 10.0.2.0 or similar; see the >> output of the route command on the guest to determine the precise >> gateway address. > > Route didn

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
> What sort of networking > are you using in virtualbox? Can you tell us more about the network > configuration within the XP guest OS? The virtualbox manager says Adapter 1: PCnet-FAST III (NAT) /etc/cups/printers.conf (see the original post) does say that the printer is shared. At the CUPS w

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:52:13 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole replied: > Instead tell it > to connect to the virtual private address 10.0.2.0 or similar; see the > output of the route command on the guest to determine the precise > gateway address. Route didn't give me such an address, but ipconfig /all

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-02, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:33:25 + (UTC), I wrote: > >> I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP >> configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this >> printer from the XP client? > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2011

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:33:25 + (UTC), I wrote: > I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP > configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this > printer from the XP client? On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:52:13 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole replied:

Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client

2011-04-02 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-02, Steve Kleene wrote: > I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP > configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this > printer from the XP client? > > In XP Add Printer, I tried to define a network printer at these URLs: > >