Have you checked out the printer itself? That's what is refusing the connection. Can you print to other printers?
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Steve Bui [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 2:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lpc: connect: Connection refused 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: ----------------------------------- 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 ---------------------- We stop and start the lpd to no avail. We have 404 printers in the 'printcap' file. ____________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Steve Bui , IRIS - IBM Systems Support Mgr. Phone(480) 965-3070 / fax(480) 965-6317
