CUPS - can't connect to localhost:631

[Gullible Jones]

On a new install of Debian Squeeze, I've got CUPS running, but cannot connect to the web interface on localhost:631 - the connection times out. I've got a firewall running, but stopping the firewall doesn't change my inability to connect to the print server. Hostname and networking are configured correctly, to the best of my knowledge, and /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is unchanged from the default (which does tell CUPS to listen on localhost:631). CUPS itself is definitely running.

Anyone have some idea what could be going on?

[emetib]

check on your /etc/hosts files, allow/deny
it might be being blocked in there.

[cronugs]

I'm having the same problem - I have updated squeeze to sid, but nothing changed.

my /etc/hosts looks fine.

[refracta]

http://127.0.0.1:631/

does this work?

[cronugs]

I'm not sure if this will help, but it worked for me

I had (just before I decided to set up printing) installed hal to satisfy some dependencies of enlightenment. The enlightenment packages didn't specifically depend on hal but required it for some reason for them to configure. beats me.

anyway I just noticed that unplugging and replugging my USB wireless adapter was causing a complete system lock, and figured it was caused by hal, so I "aptitude remove hal" and as well as fixing the lockups, I can now access cups at http://localhost:631

I have no idea why it was stomping it, but since hal (i believe) is obsolete, and not required in squeeze, I suggest you check if its installed and remove it.

[refracta]

if the guy hasn't figured it out by now....well.....

[venik]

I have the same problem: I used to print from my machine through cups on a printer that is on a print server.
Somehow, now when I try to do that, I am told:
Cannot connect to localhost... etc.
I suspect one of the ubuntu "upgrades" did it, but I am not sure which one. I removed HAL and it did nothing-- same problem.
It is a ROYAL pain!

[demosthenese]

You could try system-config-printer to do the cups set up for you.