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doesn't work for me
Authored by: wealthychef on Jan 15, '02 06:41:20PM

I followed these instructions verbatim. I understand Unix, but not lpd very well. It just doesn't work for me. When I try to print, it complains:

[richcookmac:~] rcook% lpr -Pcascptr3 tmp.py
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
[richcookmac:~] rcook% lpq
Warning: no daemon present
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st rcook 4 tmp.py 117 bytes
[richcookmac:~] rcook% ps -auwxx | grep lpd
root 296 0.0 0.1 5108 384 ?? Ss 0:15.10 slpd -f /etc/slpsa.conf
root 12408 0.0 0.0 1340 112 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/lpd

???



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doesn't work for me
Authored by: wealthychef on Jan 15, '02 07:39:57PM

I guess I should show the relevant part of my /etc/printcap:

lp|cascptr3|lw37:
:rm=lpr-lc.llnl.gov:
:rp=lw37:
:lp=:
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lw37:
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

There is no /var/log/lpd-errs file being created.



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doesn't work for me
Authored by: eagle on Feb 04, '02 03:03:58PM

The lpd errors file won't be automatically created. Touch it as root, then retry. Feel free to mail me and we can try to work through your lpd problems.



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