Thanks Nik.

On Tuesday 10 September 2019 19:03:52 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Yes, they look perfectly fine. I do not know Q4OS, so this is just
> what I would do:
>
> - is cups up an running before you open the browser and open the
> link to cups? - if it's up and running, does it listen on port 631?
> - what does top say to the cups process?
> - look at the network traffic with tcpdump or wireshark
>
> Nik
>
>
>
> Anno domini 2019 Tue, 10 Sep 18:01:58 +0100
>
>  Baron scripsit:
> > Hi Nik,
> >
> > Did you get chance to look at the two files that I attached ?
> >
> > Reattached.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Tuesday 10 September 2019 10:51:55 Baron wrote:
> > > Hi Nik,
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 10 September 2019 10:44:59 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > > Anno domini 2019 Tue, 10 Sep 10:30:29 +0100
> > > >
> > > >  Baron scripsit:
> > > > > Hi Guys,
> > > > >
> > > > > Running Q4OS, i7 10Gb ram, HP8300 machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > For some reason when I do "http://me@localhost:631/admin" 
> > > > > it can take up to 30 minutes before "CUPS 1.7.5 comes up.
> > > > > The message "localhost contacted, waiting for reply"  is
> > > > > shown and a spinner icon.
> > > > >
> > > > > Even when it does it can take a similar time to open a
> > > > > page.
> > > > >
> > > > > Than clicking on "Manage Printers"  when it does come up
> > > > > says "Printer Error"  "Unable to get printer list"  But my
> > > > > printer is shown on the Administration page.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't print anything any more !
> > > > >
> > > > > Help please.  The Q4OS forum where I was pointed to have
> > > > > not helped at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance everyone.
> > > >
> > > > What's in your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf ?
> > > >
> > > > Nik
> >
> >  Attached:
> >  hosts
> >  resolve.conf.


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Best Regards:
            Baron