fred smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:08:13PM -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > I'm running RH6.2 on a PC and for some reason after working for years, > > I'm unable to print. I can't recall conducting any changes to my > > system that may have caused this. In an attempt to fix it, I've deleted > > the entire configuration and the printer directory and files. Then, I > > reconfigured the same printer. Still no luck. I checked to see if lpd > > was running: fine. I've checked the printer queue; no entries. > > > > I'll be researching this further but if anyone has idea of what has > > happened I'd greatly appreciate some tips. > > I don't have any good suggestions, but I do have lots of empathy. > I've fought with the 6.2 printing system til I'm blue in the face, > I'll be gleefully abandoning it within a few days when I do my real > update to 7.2 (Yes, I'll be installing all the printing updates for > 7.2, also). > > Mine has never totally ceased working like you describe, but it has > taken serious fits where nothing works for a while, or one printer > won't work, or other irritating stuff. I've had the whole thing quit > when I added one more printer and not resume working til I remove that > added printer. Sometimes when printing a larger job it will accept the job, > drop it in the queue, go so far as to pass it thru GS and drop the result > in the spool dir, then quit. Sending the job again means we now have two > processed copies of it sitting there. sometimes stopping and restarting > lpd fixes it, usually not. sometimes the job can be printed by feeding > the final processed file back into lpr. Lemme tell ya I'll be glad to > be rid of it. This isn't one system I'm talking about, but actually > two totally different machines where these behaviors occur. > > Have you verified that you can actually access the printer itself > by doing something akin to: > > ls /tmp > /dev/lp > > If this doesn't work then there's no point in going further. > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------- > "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, > Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He > will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding > it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." > ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Thanks for the tips. I've already tried your suggestions. That's what stumped me. Well, today I decided to swap out my Linux HD and put my ole Win98 HD in and see if I had the same problems. Win98 couldn't print either. With some further checking, I found that my scanner was unplugged. The scanner is on the same parallel port as the printer. I got power back to the scanner and tried a print job. Viola! It works now. Thank you again for the input. It helps to receive comments and suggestions from this list. What I've learned is to keep the pets from under the computer desk. They unplugged the scanner. At least I can blame them without getting any grief. Best Regards, Art _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
