On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Schulte wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 05:33:18PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > > I have set up a printer on a Debian Linux box and I have a tough time > # services of this machine. See lpd(8). > machinex.where.iam > machiney.where.iam > Thank you. This was my problem. etc/hosts.lpd does not want ip numbers but FQDNs. I did that and the machine started printing. I am coming up agains a lot of stuff that is not fully specified. I could not believe when the whole thing started working.
I guess that is why the Debian list-group is so useful. /-------------------------------------------------------------------/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 1233 /-------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .