lpd is having a problem. I had this damn problem would you believe on many
operating systems (Ultrix, SCO, HP Unix) including Linux ... thanks to you..
hee hee ;-) just kidding....
lpd is not running properly or is broken. Try killing the process (which is
why I think the [] means defunct process).
and type "lpd" by itself to start the process again. If it shows up as [lpd]
doing a ps -ef then install lpd again and try again.
thanks,
George Vieira
Network Administrator
Citadel Computer Systems P/L
http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun Cloherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 12 May 2000 4:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Broken print daemon
George Vieira wrote:
> [lpd] I'm not sure what the brackets mean but mine doesn't have it..
>
Does anyone know what the brackets mean??
> what happens when you try a:
>
> echo /etc/hosts | lpr -P laser
>
> And do a lpc status quickly after the job and see if the daemon is
present.
$ echo /etc/hosts | lpr -P laser; /usr/sbin/lpc status
laser:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
no daemon present <-------- Problem??
$ /usr/sbin/lpc status
laser:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
half a second later I get the error message in my inbox.
I don't quite understand what this 'no daemon present' bit means, since
$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd status
lpd (pid 1113) is running...
would suggest to me that the daemon is there.
shaun
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Shaun Cloherty
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
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