Hey Guys and Gals, DGhost here. Thanks for replying so far. It was asked if lpd was running and it is: Is it normal to have a child process of lpd when usig the -l switch?
root 11493 1 0 10:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lpd -l root 11494 11493 0 10:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lpd -l Also, what is a good way to test the printer without using cat? >cat file.txt | lpr I can cat a file to the printer via root: cat text.txt | lpr and sometimes it works... and sometimes I just get a lock file in my spool directory! If anyone could tell me where the lpd -l dumps the log, that may help me. Thank you! Debian Ghost > Hello there, > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, s. keeling wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:35:52PM -0500, Debian Mail wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Debian ghost here... have a question about printing via debian. > > > I ran the magicfilterconfig and set up a laser jet printer on the lan. > > > I think I have this thing correct, but I get an error when I try to send > > > anything to the printer. > > > > > > from printcap: > > > lp|ljet|Lazer Jet:\ > > > :lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet:rm=156.200.5.80:rp=ljet:lpr_bounce:\ > > > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > > > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ > > > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > > > > > here is the error I receive when I try to print: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat funny |lpr > > > lpr: connect: Connection refused > > > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > > > As Randal Schwartz would say, unnecessary use of cat, for one thing. > > > > lpr funny > > > > Is lpd running? [ps aux | grep -v grep | grep lpd] > > > > If not, (as root) /etc/init.d/lpd start [or restart] > > > > grep lpd /var/log/messages > > I had exactly the same problem, and lpd was running on my machine. It > first occured, when I upgraded the box with the printer attached to it to > potato, while the other one is still slink. I suppose the problem has > something to do with host authentication, which has been thightened in the > lpr-version in potato. But I couldn't figure it out (tried everything with > /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny, /etc/hosts.lpd and so on) up to now. > Hope someone knows the answer. > > Regards, > Daniel > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
