at the command prompt (or in a console window)
type lpq and what does it display?
are you useing the printer soley for linux printing or is it shared and
used by winblows?
if shared check the winblows queue
Ron
Vern wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> I have been running Mandrake 6.1 (my first try at Linux) for
> approximately two weeks now and have enjoyed learning about it. I have a
> printer that has recently
> gone berserk and starts printing a preloaded text from somewhere. I don't
> know what "pool, queue,stack,buffer, or list" it is reading from, it has
> survived many bootup cycles and always comes up printing this text. Where
> might I purge this print job?
> I'm back to using Micro$haft Outlook Express because I have three POP mail
> accounts and have failed to find anything in Linux that will manage all 3.
> Netscape will only allow multiple email accounts if they are IMAP and not
> POP. So the transition is taking a while to get going. I did manage to get
> "X" going after collecting all the parts and pieces from Intel to use the
> i810 chipset. I still have a wheelmouse and a sound card to configure,
> probably have to buy a "real" soundcard since my modem/soundcard "unit"
> won't work. I did breakdown and buy a "real" external modem since Hewlett
> Packard didn't include any ISA slots on their ASUS "Hawk" motherboard. It's
> been a long expensive ride so far for my free OS. I did get about $80.00 of
> books to document the features of this OS. I had all the computerized
> documentation available on my hard drive, CD, and online. But none of that
> is available when you are staring at a command prompt, I needed something in
> print to refer to when conversing with the penguin!
> Thanks for listening to the rantings and ravings of a newcomer!
> Vern
