KPrint / KDE Print Manager Failing to Initialize

[Gail LaForest]

Greetings Kurt,

Ok, deleting the config file kdeprintrc solved the problem of Printing Manager 
not opening.  Thank you!  I never did find the file called kprinterrc.

I also got into CUPS via http://localhost:631 and set up the networked 
printer.  All looks well until I go to print a test page, then I get an error 
saying "Unable to get printer status (client-error-forbidden)!"  In KDE 
Printing Manager everything looks fine with no error messages but nothing 
prints.

Now, I figure this is a matter of granting the computer the correct 
permissions but without knowing exactly where and how to do that I hesitate 
to start tinkering around because I don't want to break anything.  The user 
of this computer is part of the lp and lpadmin groups.  I believe the problem 
is with the host though because root cannot print without getting the same 
error.

What do I change and where?

I can't tell you how much your assistance means to me!  Sometimes it's 
challenging to get anyone to respond to questions.

With Gratitude,
Gail


On Monday 14 June 2004 02:10 am, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Gail LaForest wrote:
> > Thank you for your reply.
> >
> >
> > I left it alone for three hours without a timeout,
>
> That should be enough waiting :)
>
> I was thinking of a timeout around 5 or 10 minutes max.
>
> > I suppose I could have left
> > it all day but . . . . why?  I was trying to figure out why it wasn't
> > working so I got impatient with waiting.
> >
> > I am running Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.25) and KDE 3.2.2 on that computer.
>
> Thanks. (I only discovered your initial mail later, where you
> already had given the info).
>
> > We
> > are emailing documents from that machine so they can be printed, a real
> > pain in the nether-regions!
> >
> > I will try to modify the files that you suggested.  Wish me luck!
>
> You can also completely move the files away (or rename them).
> They will automatically be re-created if you start kprinter.
>
> More items to check:
>
>   * Is your local cupsd running at all?
>     (try "lpstat -r" or "lpstat -t")
>
>   * Can you connect to the webinterface of cupsd?
>     (try "http://localhost:631/" and "http://localhost:631/printers/"
>     in your favourite web browser).
>
>   * Do you have by accident a "~/.cupsrc" in your $HOME or
>     an "/etc/cups/client.conf" file? Both could be telling your
>     printing system to not use any local cupsd, but instead try
>     to another remote cupsd directly (which may not be available
>
>     any more):
> > Thanks again for the help,
> > Gail
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt