> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 13 18:35:37 2000
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:42:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: Space Aliens Ate My Print Job: Part II
>
> I also own an old Apple ImageWriter II printer, and I thought it would be
> fun to see it printing again.
>
> I've got it hooked up to the serial port on my Linux system here, and if I
> connect to it with Kermit (9600bps, 8N1), everything works fine.
>
> I'm using the following printcap entry:
>
> imagewriter
> :force_localhost
> :cm=Apple Imagewriter
> :lp=/dev/ttyS1
> :br=9600
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
> :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> :ifhp=model=gs,gs_device=appledmp
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/%P/log
>
> Printing to this queue appears to work...no errors, no complaints -- and no
> output. Gah! I'm not sure which debugging options would be most useful
> here; neither the lpd man page nor the LPRng HOWTO discuss this issue very
> much (or, if they do, I'm simply managed to overlook a zillion times, which
> wouldn't be a first for me :).
>
> All the variations I've tried appear to indicate that things are working
> correctly -- there's just nothing, not even garbage, coming out of the
> serial port.
>
> Is there anything obviously wrong with this setup? The 'daemon' user
> belongs to the 'tty' group, and thus ought to have r/w access to
> /dev/ttyS1.
>
> Which debugging options would yield the most useful information here? I'd
> like to know if lpd is able to successfully open the serial port or not.
>
> A general question -- how can I increase the general level of logging
> without running in debug mode? I'd really like to see errors of any sort
> go to syslog; is there a way to specify this? Failing that, I'd like to
> see them show up in the file specified with the 'lf' option -- the file
> does exist, and is downed by 'daemon', but it remains stubbornly empty.
>
> Help?
>
> -- Lars
>
> --
> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --> http://www.larsshack.org/
Try using ':stty=...' to set the stty flags.
If 'cat file >/dev/ttyS1' does not work from the command line then
you are going to have to set up the various options.
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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