> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 30 18:11:09 2000
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: ifhp-3.4.3 issues
> From: Jason L Tibbitts III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 30 Nov 2000 18:51:57 -0600
>
> I just upgraded from 3.3.20 to 3.4.3 via RPM (ifhp-3.4.3-1.i386.rpm from
> ftp.astart.com) and ran into a couple of problems.
>
> First off, this seems busted:
>
> XYX:ilnea:~> /usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> ifhp 18:42:27.005 [24817] Read_file_and_split: cannot open file '@CONFIG_FILE@' - No
>such file or directory
I just installed this and do not get the same problem.
Please try the latest RPM and tell me if you get the same problem.
>
> It looks like the default config file (which I expect is /etc/ifhp.conf)
> wasn't substituted properly into the source. Adding a
> "config=/etc/ifhp.conf" to the "ifhp=" line in my printcap made things work
> again.
>
> Secondly, these entries in ifhp.conf look odd:
>
> ### hpiiisi+ps - HP LaserJet III (No PostScript Interpreter)
> ### hp3si+ps - HP LaserJet III (No PostScript Interpreter)
>
> Why would "+ps" indicate no PS interpreter? Shouldn't the entries be
> "hp3si" without PS and "hp3si+ps" with PS? Yes, I actually have some hp3si
> printers with PS options installed, and they work just fine (pagecounts and
> everything) with:
Yes, yes... I suppose that this should be hpiiisi+ghostscript
I will look into this.
>
> [ hpiiisi ]
> pjl_only=[
> COMMENT ENTER
> ]
>
> ps
> pcl
>
> Finally, with ifhp was busted, printing (via LPRng 3.7.1) produced no
> errors whatsoever. The jobs just disappeared after three attempts without
> recording anything in the status file. This made tracking this down pretty
> tough; I only stumbled it upon it when running ifhp myself. What's the
> best way to go about debugging a problem like this?
>
> - J<
You SHOULD have gotten errors in the status log.
I am suprised that you did not.
What is your printcap?
Patrick
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