[nmglug] Mozilla apps freeze on print

[Gary Sandine]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:11:22AM -0700, BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ /sbin/ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0A:95:68:5A:D8
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:41 Base address:0xf400
> 
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:65:25:8D:87
>           inet addr:192.168.0.101  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::230:65ff:fe25:8d87/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:28951 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:20777 errors:18 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:28570703 (27.2 MiB)  TX bytes:3637356 (3.4 MiB)
>           Interrupt:57

I'm pretty certain that the problem is due to interface "lo" not
being up.  Uncomment the two "lo" entries in /etc/network/interfaces
(see below):

then bring it up:

sudo /sbin/ifup lo

then try starting cups:

sudo /etc/init.d/cups stop
sudo /etc/init.d/cups start

> /etc/network:

Is it really /etc/network/interfaces?

> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> #auto lo
> #iface lo inet loopback

^^^ Uncomment those two lines.  You need lo to be up all the time or
there will be bizarre problems (like this one).

-- 
Gary Sandine <gars at sandine.net>