>I am able to print test pages from printtool but for some
reason cannot
>print from anywhere else.. I suspect that I may have some
kind of
>lock in the spooler but haven't been able to locate it...
It's not a lock. You just forgot to turn on lpd.
Use your setup tool and turn it on by default.
Manually as root type lpd in the prompt.
>The second is only cosmetic but one I find quite annoying.
>
>When the system boots there are scads of confirmation
messages.
>The first bunch up to the point where the Penguin is
displayed don't
>cause me any distress. But immediately X starts up there
are what
>appear to be several screenfulls of messages to do with the
video
>card - Is there any way that this material can be
supressed??
That's normal.
To see what it said.
Press ctrl-alt-F1.
To go back to X press alt-F7.
