We recently upgraded to LPRng 3.8.4 and IFHP 3.5.2 during a recent system
overhaul. The following printcap entry (and MANY others like it) worked
before and doesn't now:
#Cholla - B-367
cholla|Cholla|b367
:rp=raw
:rm=cholla.egr.unlv.edu
:lf=/var/lpd/log/cholla.errs
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cholla
:ifhp=model=ps,pagecount
# :bp=/usr/bin/bannerpage
:of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:af=/var/lpd/log/cholla.acct
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
Now, what happens is most odd:
[root@student] etc# lpc status cholla
Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
Status/(Debug)
raw@student: spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on server student
non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f'
Note that checkpc -f doesn't find anything:
[root@student] etc# checkpc -f
[root@student] etc#
Trying to print to it:
[root@student] etc# lpr -P cholla printcap
Status Information:
sending job 'root@student+264' to raw@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer raw@localhost
job 'root@student+264' transfer to raw@localhost failed
error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL'
sending str '^Braw' to raw@localhost
error msg: 'spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on server student'
error msg: ' non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f''
Asking for it's printcap:
[root@student] etc# lpc printcap cholla
Printer: raw@student
raw@student: spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on server student
non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f'
However, asking for ALL printcaps:
[root@student] etc# lpc printcap all
....
Printer: cholla@student
cholla|Cholla|b367
:af=/var/lpd/log/cholla.acct
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:ifhp=model=ps,pagecount
:lf=/var/lpd/log/cholla.errs
:lp=/dev/null
:of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:rm=cholla.egr.unlv.edu
:rp=raw
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cholla
....
Specifying the printer outright:
[root@student] cholla# lpr -P cholla@student printcap
[root@student] cholla#
No errors, but no print, either.
Tried changing the printcap entry to:
#Cholla - B-367
cholla|Cholla|b367
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:lf=/var/lpd/log/cholla.errs
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cholla
:ifhp=model=ps,pagecount
# :bp=/usr/bin/bannerpage
:of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:af=/var/lpd/log/cholla.acct
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
[root@student] cholla# lpc reread
lpd server pid 26498 on student, sending SIGHUP
[root@student] cholla#
However, still:
[root@student] cholla# lpc status cholla
Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
Status/(Debug)
raw@student: spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on server student
non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f'
Under both, printing causes the following in the status:
IF filter 'ifhp' filter msg - 'ifhp 15:34:36.049 [29563] Do_sync: no sync
response from printer' at 2001-12-31-15:34:36.050 ## A=<NU
LL> number=554 process=29558
IF filter 'ifhp' filter exit status 'JFAIL' at 2001-12-31-15:34:36.051 ##
A=<NULL> number=554 process=29558
And the same set of errors before. The /only/ solution I've found is to
modify the printcap as such:
#Cholla - B-367
cholla|Cholla|b367
:lp=/dev/null
:lf=/var/lpd/log/cholla.errs
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cholla
:ifhp=model=ps,pagecount,dev=cholla.egr.unlv.edu%9100
# :bp=/usr/bin/bannerpage
:of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:af=/var/lpd/log/cholla.acct
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
Then:
[root@student] etc# lpc reread
lpd server pid 26498 on student, sending SIGHUP
[root@student] etc# lpc status cholla
Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
Status/(Debug)
cholla@student enabled enabled 0 none none
And everything seems to work. However, this solution doesn't work for some
of our printers (for a reason yet to be determined), but it's somewhat
aggrevating that :rm seems to be broken now. I have confirmed the versions,
and there aren't old versions around (assured by the simple precident of a
reformat and reinstall).
This machine is a SPARC system, running under Solaris 8. Solaris's print
manager has been completely removed (via pkgrm) and I have verifying LPRng's
lpd and lpc are being used.
Any help appreciated.
---
Andrew Gray
Systems Administrator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
College of Engineering
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