On Tuesday 28 May 2019 03:37:55 pm Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 May 2019 at 14:20:22 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And at that point in composing that reply, the keyboard went dead. I > > thought that was cron, calling hpfax, and finding it had nothing to > > do, > > Why do think cron was calling hpfax? Did you set up the job? (Using > fax isn't exactly common these day). > It was cron itself that mentioned it in the syslog.
> > so it locks up hid-common, so I renamed hpfax to hpfox last week, > > figuring that would disable that scared bull in a china shop. But in > > looking over the boot log just now, I find hpfox running! Pardon my > > language but if I've renamed it, how the hell is the system finding > > it to run it? > > Very interesting. This needs a bit of thought. Does the same thing > happen if the renaming is to begonia? > Interesting thought, lemme test it if I can find it again. Its not actually running now, and its now renamed to /usr/lib/cups/backend/begonia just for my eventual eddification. > > from the syslog: in time order but much elided > > May 28 13:47:40 coyote systemd[949]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus > > Socket. > > [...] > > May 28 13:47:41 coyote rc.local[842]: HEYU: The > > file /usr/local/var/tmp/heyu/heyu.out.ttyUSB0 does not exist or is > > not writable. > > [...] > > May 28 13:47:42 coyote hp[994]: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read > > device-id ret=-1 > > hpmud is part of HPLIP. > > > [...] > > May 28 13:47:43 coyote rc.local[842]: read: Connection reset by peer > > May 28 13:47:43 coyote /hpfox: [999]: error: Failed to > > create /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip > > An unhappy hpfox. > > > [...] > > May 28 13:47:46 coyote systemd[1]: Started Perl-based spam filter > > using text analysis. > > Since systemd started spamassassin, I can take that back out of > > rc.local. > > > > I'll do that and reboot again, about 5 times since my last reply in > > this thread. Since I don't use hplip, > > syslog contradicts you. > > > no hp printers about, > > We thought you purchased one a few days ago. > I did, but its attached to a win10 home edition machine in the garage, geting an application setup to help tune the antenna matching stuff at an AM broadcast facility. And the win10 machine isn't sharing it. > > how do I use > > systemctl to disable its even starting? > > Starting what? hplip. > > Thanks, but comment on the log snippets if you can. > > I tried to. And I appreciate it. Even if it shows I need a linux for dummies book. In fact I have one, but its 20 years out of date. Collectors item maybe? :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
