[solved] Suddenly Cups doesn't work anymore ...

[P.U.Kruppa]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, P.U.Kruppa wrote:

> Now Cups doesn't work anymore, i.e.
> 	# lpstat -a
> 	lpstat: Kann Server nicht erreichen
>                ("Cannot reach server")
>
> When I try to start Cups manually
> 	# cupsd
> 	cupsd: Child exited on signal 15!
Just for the records: this was a networking problem. "localhost" was 
resolved to some $%&?$ running a domain named "localhost.net" :

root at pukruppa.net# ping localhost
PING localhost.net (208.97.163.166): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 208.97.163.166: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=220.803 ms
64 bytes from 208.97.163.166: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=217.604 ms
...

I checked /etc/hosts and in /etc/nsswitch.conf I changed the line
 	hosts: dns files 
to
 	hosts: files dns

Uli.


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 	  Peter Ulrich Kruppa
 	       Wuppertal
 	        Germany
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