Christopher Mahmood writes:
* Guy Van Sanden (sienix@crosswinds.net) [010129 03:44]:
Hello
I'm having some problems with my printer. I think it's hardware related, but I keep seeing this message appear in syslog: "lp0 on fire"
What does it mean?
It's an old Unix message--basically a wastebasket error message that something is wrong with the printer but lpd doesn't know what.
The first SLE'er that can correctly give the complete entomology of this error message gets free t-shirt or whatever tradeshow junk I can find in my desk ;)
I suspect it has some basis in reality. Perhaps printers of that age were prone to catch on fire. Maybe an early laser printer that instead of etching on the printer drum, tried to burn the image onto the paper. While we are swapping trivia what does 'ping' stand for? I think it is Persistent InterNet Groper.
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Cheers,
Christopher Mahmood
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