Hi, Am 30.11.2010 01:51, schrieb David C. Rankin:
On 11/29/2010 12:21 AM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to print to a remote cups server.
Umm, how is the printer connected on the remote end? (is it connected to the server via LPT1, USB, etc.. or is it connected to another host (win or Lin), or is it a stand-alone network device?)
It's USB but that shouldn't make a difference. Printing is working fine locally and I isolated the only issue is that the client cannot connect to the hostname because of DNS reasons.
That shouldn't matter as long as forward/reverse name resolution is working.
I know it's not working but it's also not fixable w/o dirty workarounds. That is my home network which has a hardware router responsible for resolving DNS. There is no way to define an internal domain name there. It just has no good concept for internal DNS structures.
This I don't understand? DNS? /etc/hosts? LMHOSTS? WINS?
See above. I know quite a bit about DNS but the possible solutions for that underlying issue are worse for other reasons.
All documentation I've found says that I need to set
"ServerName" in cupsd.conf to the ip address.
You might try setting the name as well as aliases. Example from my box:
ServerName nirvana.3111skyline.com ServerAlias nirvana ServerAlias www.3111skyline.com ServerAlias localhost
Tried now ServerName 192.168.250.1 ServerAlias hygiea Still the broadcast tells the `hostname -f` as printer URI.
Have you looked at the setup with the cups interface on the server you are working on? http://servername:631
Yes, but I see no way to customize the printer URI.
These are just thoughts. Give us a little more specific info on how the printer is connected on the remote end and we will be happy to make more guesses :p
As explained above I only try to workaround the DNS issue in my network. But according to Google and the documentation I found ServerName IP_ADDRESS should just do it which doesn't for me. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org