Your original email ended up in my Spam Collection Sack, and this is not the best place for it. This could be due to that fact that you sent it directly to me, or you sent it to the LPRng mailing list and you were not subscribed to it. Or you might be trying to beat the list security and were sending to lprng-owner and expecting to spam the list :-)
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Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 5 06:09:12 2003 > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:13:09 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: LPRng: config problem > > Patrick: > > I built lprng and lprngtool, and the filter from updated ports on Freebsd > 5.1 release. When I start lprngtool I get an Error popup window that > says: > Error executing command 'lpq -a -s' > pq: illegal option -- s > usage: lpq [-a] [-l] [-Pprinter] [user ...] [job ...] > > checkpc -V -f reports: > duron# checkpc -V -f > LPRng-3.8.21, Copyright 1988-2002 Patrick Powell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Checking for configuration files '/usr/local/etc/lpd.conf' > found '/usr/local/etc/lpd.conf', mod 0100644 > Checking for printcap files '/etc/printcap' > Checking for lpd only printcap files '/usr/local/etc/lpd_printcap' > DaemonUID 1, DaemonGID 1 > Using Config file '/usr/local/etc/lpd.conf' > LPD lockfile '/var/run/lpd.515' > > .names > > .all > > #Printcap Information > Checking printcap info > duron# > > When I click view printers and double click brother|lp I get: > > Error executing command 'lpq -Pbrother' > lpq: printer not found > child process exited abnormally > in a dialog box with an OK button, which when clicked brings up the Job > Qeue for brother window. And then usually the application crashes. > > Am I having unusual problems, or is this normal for configuration? Thanks > for your help. > > Andy > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Patrick Powell wrote: > > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 15 05:55:52 2003 > > > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:35:20 -0400 (EDT) > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: LPRng: config problem > > > > > > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > > > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > > > Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info. > > > > > > ---2133782560-730014112-1066217720=:2793 > > > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > > > > Please forgive my ignorance as I am new to this software. I am trying to > > > configure lprng on FreeBSD 5.1 release. I built the software from ports > > > (lprng, lprngtools, and the filter). Everything seemed to compile and > > > install fine. However, the first problem I ran into was this. When I > > > execute checkpc I get this message: > > > > > > bash-2.05b# checkpc -f > > > Warning - brother: cannot open lp device '/dev/lpt0' - Permission denied > > > > > > > > > I have been through the manual several times, and while it mentions this > > > message being serious it does not explain how to correct it. So, I'm > > > stuck at this point. I have attached a screenshot file withe the > > > LPRngtool running in the hopes that this will provide info to help > > > troubleshoot the problem. Please let me know if any other info is needed > > > to diagnose the problem. The printer I'm trying to configure is a Brother > > > 1440 connected directly to the printer port via an IEEE 1284 printer > > > cable. > > > > Do the following: > > > > cd /dev > > ls -l lpt* > > h110: {852} % ls -l /dev/lpt* > > crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Oct 4 09:19 /dev/lpt0 > > crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 128 Oct 4 09:19 /dev/lpt0.ctl > > > > Note that these devices are owned by root/wheel. The lpd process runs > > as user daemon (I suspect). So you have the following choices: > > > > chmod 666 /dev/lpt* <- Brutal > > chown daemon /dev/lpt* > > > > You will probably have similar problems with serial ports as well. > > > > Patrick Powell Astart Technologies > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6741 Convoy Court > > Network and System San Diego, CA 92111 > > Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435 > > LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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