Try the latest LPRng beta
ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/private/LPRng-3.7.1beta...
and tell me if this problem still exists
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 14 16:18:36 2000
> Subject: LPRng: Problem with lp=|/path/to/program after 3.6.23
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: Jason L Tibbitts III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 14 Nov 2000 17:08:49 -0600
>
> I have some old X terminals which are useful as print servers; you access
> them with a script like:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /bin/cat | /usr/bin/rsh xterm opendev /dev/pp0
>
> and them put "lp=|/path/to/script" in your printcap. This mostly works[1]
> in 3.6.23, but in 3.6.24 and 3.6.26 it fails. The error goes:
>
> Status: opening device '|/etc/print-xt04' at 11:09:59.055
> Status: cannot open '|/etc/print-xt04' - 'No Error', attempt 1, sleeping 10 at
>11:09:59.056
>
> Simply downgrading to 3.6.23 makes this work again. The script _is_ being
> called but no input is ever being passed to it.
>
> I'm running Red Hat Linux 7.0, the LPRng RPMs are straight from
> ftp.astart.com. (Well, the 3.6.24 one came with RedHat, but it does some
> things differently and I only used it once to pinpoint the version where
> the problem started.)
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I'm happy to crank up debugging or do other
> hacks as needed.
>
> 1) For some reason the jobs aren't deleted after they've been printed, but
> this is at worst a minor issue.
>
> - J<
>
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