We are in dire need of help since after our linux system was booted on
saturday, the lpd has problem connecting to printers and below is the log:
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root@t2linux:/home/khaam > ps -ax
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? S 0:00 init [
2 ? SW 0:00 [kmcheck]
3 ? SW 0:00 [kflushd]
4 ? SW 0:00 [kupdate]
5 ? SW 0:00 [kpiod]
6 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd]
135 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd
139 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/klogd -c 1
213 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
220 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd
235 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
290 ? S 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections
304 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
354 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
372 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
373 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
374 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
375 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
376 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
377 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
489 console S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty console
547 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
548 ? S 0:00 in.telnetd: stevebui.inre.asu.edu
549 pts/0 S 0:00 login -- khaam
550 pts/0 S 0:00 -bash
561 pts/0 S 0:00 su
562 pts/0 S 0:00 bash
569 pts/0 R 0:00 ps -ax
root@t2linux:/home/khaam > ps -aux | grep lpd
root 235 0.0 0.3 1180 432 ? S 00:01 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
root 547 0.0 0.4 1252 612 ? S 00:01 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
root 571 0.0 0.3 1368 508 pts/0 S 00:07 0:00 grep lpd
root@t2linux:/home/khaam >
root@t2linux:/home/khaam > lpc start npf0010
npf0010:
printing enabled
lpc: connect: Connection refused
couldn't start daemon
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We stop and start the lpd to no avail. We have 404 printers in the
'printcap' file.
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Steve Bui , IRIS - IBM Systems Support Mgr.
Phone(480) 965-3070 / fax(480) 965-6317
