On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Jason Chambers wrote: > To avoid rebooting you should do a 'checkpc -f' which will check the > /etc/printcap - making sure that filters exists and are executable and > that spool directories exists (-f makes it create any spool directories > with right permissions rather than just complaining about problems).
My linux doesn't know that command. What package is it from? > Then a 'lpc reread' (or calling the init.d script with reload) will get > lpd to use the new printcap. 'reread' seems to be from lprng command, my lpc (lpr-ppd) doesn't accept it. I tried 'lpc stop all' and 'lpc start all' instead and it worked. > Odd. Copied and pasted your printcap entry from the email and it worked > on my machine (I use lprng). Have you tried lpq -v (use multiple v's > for even more output) it should show when it started the filter, what > its outcome was. the -v option isn't accepted by my lpq either. It seems the arguments in favor of lprng are accumulating. > As you said in a previous mail that /dev/lp0 is working as you can copy > a text file to it and it prints then try a simple printcap entry with no > filter. > > lp: > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp > :lp=/dev/lp0 Did that and it works. 'lpr <textfile>' produced output on the printer. What now? Any hint how to test the filter? Another option would be lprng instead of lpr-ppd. As I wrote earlier, I tried it, but lprngtool crashed when I configured my printer. I depend on it as long as I don't know how to create a printcap file for my printer (Epson Stylus Color 740) by hand. The problem is printer-specific because lprngtool didn't crash when I selected another printer. I don't remember the exact error message, but it looked as if Tcl/Tk didn't like an empty or missing string or option. ------------------------------------------------- Frank Hrebabetzky Tel.: +55 / 48 / 235 1106 Florianopolis +55 / 48 / 9998 7686 Brazil email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
