Hi All
mostly RH 6.1 system, 2xPPro, SCSI, 2 NICs, cable modem, quite stable.
I have the following problem: I just converted to using the 2.2.18 kernel from
a 2.2.14 kernel to support Postgres 7. Printing using the old kernel was fine
using the old-style lpd/lpr.
Since starting to use the new kernel, noticed that the printing wasn't working
(had restarted with the printer off and the autoprobe hadn't picked up a device
attached to the port).
After trying all kinds of gynmastics with modules and the old lpd/lpr, finally got to
the point where when I tried to print something, the printer would print a
single page with "No spool file found" at the top. So i decided that this was a
lost cause, and decided to install LPRng which I'd heard was a better long-term
solution anyway.
It certainly has better diagnostics and error checking but now I've gotten to
a similar point (except that it just fails quietly, no printed page ejects at
all).
If I disable the port by unloading all the parport modules, I can see the spool
files, but otherwise they just silently disappear and nothing happens.
The printer was fine before and in fact works well with a directly connected
Mac.
here are my configs and the result of some tests:
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
.
.
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc io=0x3bc,0x378,0x278 irq=none,7,auto
insmod parport_probe
insmod lp
.
and they load OK
==============
24 % lsmod
Module Size Used by
lp 5244 0
parport_probe 3204 0
parport_pc 7328 3
parport 7304 3 [lp parport_probe parport_pc]
cs4232 2408 1
uart401 5968 1 [cs4232]
ad1848 16016 1 [cs4232]
ip_masq_raudio 2736 0 (unused)
ip_masq_ftp 2384 0 (unused)
ip_masq_cuseeme 848 0 (unused)
appletalk 18048 11 (autoclean)
smc-ultra 4040 1 (autoclean)
8390 6660 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
sound 57388 0 (autoclean) [cs4232 uart401 ad1848]
soundcore 2340 5 (autoclean) [sound]
==============
and the printer is detected on the port
==============
13 % cat /proc/parport/1/autoprobe
CLASS:PRINTER;
MODEL:HP LaserJet 6MP;
MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard;
DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 6MP Printer;
COMMAND SET:PJL,MLC,PCLXL,PCL,POSTSCRIPT;
==============
testing that lprng starts fine
==============
6 % lprng start
Starting lpd: [ OK ]
and...
23 % ps aux |grep lpd
daemon 981 0.0 0.3 1636 764 ? S 12:17 0:00 lpd Waiting
===============
/usr/local/etc/printcap:
##LPRNGTOOL## LOCAL POSTSCRIPT 600x600 letter {} PostScript Default {}
lp|hp
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp
:sh
:mx=0
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct
:ml=0
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log
:cd=/var/spool/lpd/lp/
:lp=/dev/lp1
:if=/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/master-filter
:
==============
checkpc finds nothing wrong with the setup (GREAT util!)
==============
21 % /usr/local/src/LPRng-3.7.4/src/checkpc
[no errors reported]
==============
but...
==============
22 % lpr ~hjm/stats
(no errors, but also no print output)
==============
here's the spool dir
==============
7 % ls -la /var/spool/lpd/lp
total 42
drwx------ 2 daemon daemon 1024 Feb 10 12:24 ./
drwxrwxr-x 6 root daemon 1024 Feb 10 12:23 ../
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 4 Feb 10 10:14 .seq
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 4368 Feb 10 12:24 acct
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 22 Feb 10 11:00 control.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 12288 Feb 10 12:24 db.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 10214 Feb 10 10:11 filter
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 191 Feb 10 10:11 general.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 22 Feb 10 10:14 lock
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Feb 10 10:23 log
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Feb 10 12:24 lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 1045 Feb 10 10:59 lpq.0
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 347 Feb 10 10:11 postscript.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 25 Feb 10 10:14 status
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 3035 Feb 10 12:24 status.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 147 Feb 10 10:11 textonly.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 5 Feb 10 12:24 unspooler.lp
======================
if unload all parport modules to block the printer access...:
======================
33% rmmod lp parport_probe parport_pc parport
34 % lsmod
Module Size Used by
cs4232 2408 1
uart401 5968 1 [cs4232]
ad1848 16016 1 [cs4232]
ip_masq_raudio 2736 0 (unused)
ip_masq_ftp 2384 0 (unused)
ip_masq_cuseeme 848 0 (unused)
appletalk 18048 11 (autoclean)
smc-ultra 4040 1 (autoclean)
8390 6660 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
sound 57388 0 (autoclean) [cs4232 uart401 ad1848]
soundcore 2340 5 (autoclean) [sound]
THEN can see the spool files:
Feb 10@12:33pm cx408397-a:/var/spool/lpd/lp 11 % ll
total 57
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 5051 Feb 10 12:34 acct
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 179 Feb 10 12:34
cfA270cx408397-a.irvn1.occa.home.com
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 22 Feb 10 11:00 control.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 12848 Feb 10 12:34 db.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 8244 Feb 10 12:34
dfA270cx408397-a.irvn1.occa.home.com
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 10214 Feb 10 10:11 filter
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 191 Feb 10 10:11 general.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 552 Feb 10 12:34 hfA270
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 22 Feb 10 10:14 lock
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Feb 10 10:23 log
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 5 Feb 10 12:34 lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 1045 Feb 10 10:59 lpq.0
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 347 Feb 10 10:11 postscript.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 25 Feb 10 10:14 status
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 6499 Feb 10 12:34 status.lp
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 147 Feb 10 10:11 textonly.cfg
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 5 Feb 10 12:34 unspooler.lp
but no printing even when the modules are re-loaded as above
and the spool files disappear.
I'm stumped! Any hints?
Cheers
harry
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