Probably you can fix the lprm problem by editing the entry (yeah, I know it says "Do not remove", but this is editing, not removing) so it reads:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
Do that and see if lprm now works. If not, tell us what the problem now loks like.
As to the underlying problem ... by "Additional attempts to print", do you mean trying to print different files? Preferably something nice and easy, like a short text file (/etc/hosts itself will do for a test)? Does "lpq" show anything significant? If you power-cycle the printer, does it now start to print? DId the printer successfully print other files prior to failing with the final page of the MapQuest one?
At 10:44 PM 12/17/02 -0500, Bill Pleasants wrote:
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More immediately, how does your system do name-to-address resolution? Does it rely on /etc/hosts? If so, what are the contents of that file? Or does it use a nameserver? If so, is it accessable? And what are the contents of the /etc/resolv.conf file?I have some notion of what name-to-address resolution is for the internet but not what it is for the Linux OS. /etc/hosts contains:
"# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
Does the message really say "local host" rather than "localhost"? What result do you get if (from the command line) you try "ping localhost"?
This is cut and paste: "[bill@localhost bill]$ lprm Get_local_host: 'localhost' IP address not available!""[bill@localhost bill]$ ping localhost ping: unknown host localhost"
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Finally, as to your immediate problem ... if the third page of a epecific document continues to fail to print, while other docs print fine (do they? you haven't said), i'd suspect something odd about the specific document. Generically, you need to investigate how general the printing problem is before we can tackle it systematically.I did not retain the file I first tried to print. Additional attempts to print have produced no response from the printer. Thank you for your offer to help.
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