KDE Print Manager Error

[Goffioul Michael]

> I get this error when trying to use the print manager with CUPS:
>                       Error - kprinter
> 
> Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is
> correctly installed and running.  Error: connection refused.
> 
> If, I try to restart cupsd, I get an error:
> Restarting printing system service: cupsdcupsd: Child exited 
> with status 98!
> 
> Sometimes I can get the Add Printer Wizzard to start instead 
> of hanging, but
> when I click the next buton the screen is greyed out
> This is a long standing problem and I'm new to linux.  Hope 
> someone can 
> help me to correct this problem. Found several posts relating to this
> problem and tried all suggestions.  None helped me.
> 
> My system follows:
> Dell Dimensions XPS T450, 128M ram on Debian GNU Linus v3.0,
> Woody-2.4.18-bf2.4
> KDE version 3.3.2   CUPS version - not known, cant find as came with
> another program
> Upgrading under Testing
> 
> Thanks for your help,

It looks like the CUPS server is not running or has some problems
to run. First check that CUPS is running, in a terminal, type
"ps -ef | grep cupsd". If it's not running, start it. How to start
a service depends on the Linux distro, so you should refer to Debian
doc to learn how to start CUPS (for example under Mandrake, it's
"service cups start" as root).
Once the CUPS server is running, you should check if everything is
OK. Start konqueror and go to http://localhost:631, you should see
the CUPS web interface.
If everything is OK, you should now be able to use the KDE print
manager.

Michael.