KDE Print Manager Error

[Leonard Chatagnier]

 > 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.

I couldn't figure how to reply from the archives so I put this together 
by hand and
subscribed to the list but so far, no mail.
Michael, I believe I indicated the CUPS server is not running and I 
can't figure out
how to start it or actually it wont start and I don't know how to start 
it.  Anyway,
here is what I get following your suggestions:

lchata at ChatagnierL-Home:/opt$ ps -ef | grep cupsd
lchata    1150   950  0 08:29 pts/2    00:00:00 grep cupsd
lchata at ChatagnierL-Home:/opt$ (note: this tells me nothing.)

So, I start cupsd the Debian way and get this message:
ChatagnierL-Home:/opt# /etc/init.d/cupsys start
Starting printing system service: cupsdcupsd: Child exited with status 
98! ChatagnierL-Home:/opt#
The above is the same message I get every time I start or restart cupsd.

So, I start Kongueror, put http://localhost:631 in the address bar, and hit
enter.  Kongueror give me this message:
An error occurred while loading http://localhost:631:
Could not connect to host localhost (port 631).

I used Konqueror, instead of Mozilla, and the result the same.
I've done all the above, several times, before posting the first
time.  Can we try something else?
Thanks,
Leonard Chatagnier