On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 15:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 19:04 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > >> Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 09:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>> > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo /sbin/service cups status > >>>> cups: unrecognized service > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ > >>>> > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -n 20 /var/log/cups/error.log > >>>> tail: cannot open `/var/log/cups/error.log' for reading: No such file or > >>>> directory > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ > >>>> > >>>> > >> <--------------[ snip ]-------------> > >> > >>> OK, you need to register and then start cups... > >>> > >>> /sbin/chkconfig cups on > >>> /sbin/service cups start > >>> > >>> > >> It looks like the OP is missing something. Even if cups is not > >> enabled with chkconfig, the service command should still work. It > >> looks like /etc/init.d/cups script is missing. (I have never checked > >> to see what happens if the <service> script is there, but not > >> executable.) > >> > > ---- > > good point - but you are not helping OP with useful things to do > > > > David...what is output of ??? > > > > sudo rpm -qa|grep cups > > sudo rpm -V cups > > uname -a > > > > Craig > > > > > [david@reddwarf ~]$ uname -a > Linux reddwarf 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 18:51:08 EST 2007 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa|grep cups > cups-pdf-2.4.6-3.fc8.i386 > apcupsd-std-3.10.18-1.i386 > gutenprint-cups-5.0.1-5.fc8.i386 > cups-libs-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386 > libgnomecups-0.2.2-11.fc8.i386 > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -V cups > package cups is not installed > [david@reddwarf ~]$ > > And the output of Yum install cups - not good. > > [root@reddwarf ~]# yum -y install cups > Excluding Packages in global exclude list > Finished > Setting up Install Process > Parsing package install arguments > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > ---> Package cups.i386 1:1.3.4-4.fc8 set to be updated > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > ============================================================================= > Package Arch Version Repository Size > ============================================================================= > Installing: > cups i386 1:1.3.4-4.fc8 base 3.4 M > > Transaction Summary > ============================================================================= > Install 1 Package(s) > Update 0 Package(s) > Remove 0 Package(s) > > Total download size: 3.4 M > Downloading Packages: > YumRepo Warning: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - > mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386 > (1/1): cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i 100% |=========================| 4.3 kB 00:00 > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Fedora/cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm: > [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download > Trying other mirror. > (1/1): cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i 100% |=========================| 3.4 MB 00:05 > http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm: > [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download > Trying other mirror. > http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm: > [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable > Trying other mirror. > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm: > [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable > Trying other mirror. > http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm: > [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found > Trying other mirror. > Error Downloading Packages: > cups - 1:1.3.4-4.fc8.i386: failure: cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386.rpm from > base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > > It seems to know which cups to install but cannot find the rpm. ---- that usually can be fixed by clearing yum cache. why you removed cups with a --nodeps is beyond my comprehension but the following might work... yum clean all yum install cups yum update Try that and see if it installs cups Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
