> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 14 09:41:30 2000
> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:34:06 +0200
> From: Thomas Emmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: problem with lprng 3.6.12?
>
> Hi!
>
> Does somebody know anything about the following problem:
> Some folks told me that they can't print on a single printer
> and after some tests I found that I can send a job to a local
> queue with lpr but nothing happens, no comment, no error-message...
> The spool-directory of that printer is flooded with 1000 hfAxxx files
> where xxx is 000 up to 999. temporarely two tempyyyyyyy-files exist
> in that directory
> and vanishes with the contents of the printjob and the normal spooling
> file...
> The problem is: I have changed nothing!!! All works fine until friday...
> All printcap-entrys looks fine the only thing that can be a reason for
> all
> is the fact that the spool-directory is mounted over NFS to a server
> which is gone down last friday and was restartet...
> I will test that but I am (nearly) sure that this is not the problem ;-)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Thomas
> --
LOCKD failed! LOCKD failed!
I think I put in explicit and nasty warnings in the LPRng HOWTO that
spool directories should NOT repeat NOT be NFS mounted exactly for this
reason.
Patrick Powell
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