[fvs]

Trying to get printer working in KDE, Need help.

Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: connection refused.

[anomie]

I see this post is over a month old, but if you didn't get it figured out yet, try the following...

Which BSD / version is this? If a 6.0 or above version of FreeBSD, keep reading. If anything else, you can ignore my post because it will not apply to you.

1st step =====================================

Did you start cupsd already? You can confirm using

ps ax | grep cupsd

If not, start it by adding cupsd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. And then run

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh start

The next time you boot your system cupsd will start automatically.

If so, then check the next step...

2nd step =====================================

Are you using ipfw (or other packet filtering firewall)? If so, make sure you add a rule for your loopback device like

allow ip from any to any via lo0

Same goes for tcp_wrappers if you're using it. On to the last step for your problem...

3rd step =====================================

Does the KDE printer admin tool work now? If not, then instead use the cupsd web tool - http://localhost:631. As of some recent improvements to the cupsd software, the web tool is now pretty good.

Good luck.

[fvs]

Hi, I just got back and reinstalled PC-BSD it runs off of fbsd 6, I can't seem to get this printer going, Print manager gets the driver Epson and when I go to test it breaks.

I've been trying all sort of commands and for nort, check it out,
pcbsd-124# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start
cupsd already running? (pid=737).
pcbsd-124# allow ip from any to any via lo0
allow: Command not found.
pcbsd-124# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh start
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh: Command not found.
pcbsd-124#

[anomie]

Looks like cupsd is running:

cupsd already running? (pid=737)

Did you try configuring your printer using the cups web tool? What do you mean by "it breaks"?