On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Tim Fairchild wrote:
> > ================== original post ===================
> >
> >
> > with regard to Mandrake 7.2 (with all recent .rpms installed)
> >
> > a simple command such as lpr -Ptext foo.txt
> >
> > yields the fault :
> >
> > lpr : unable to print to file : the requested resource is unavailable on
> > the server
> >>
> > What did you do to isolate CUPS ?
>
> You have to change the links in the /etc/alternatives directory.
changed (deleted and re-established) the symbolic
links for lpr, lpq lprm lpc to their counterparts in
/usr/bin and /usr/sbin
>
> You than have create a lpd friendly printcap file. I used linuxconf for that
> as printtool is linked to some drakprint cups utility.
>
lpr still fails irrespective of the contents of /etc/pritcap
I appreciate your help Tim
Kyle
