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On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:56:22 -0800
Christopher Mahmood
* 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 ;)
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Christopher Mahmood
It was because Unix sent data so much faster than DOS, the friction would set the port on fire ! :-)
Seriously, it's for unknown errors - off line is reported when the
printer is off-line, out of paper is reported when the printer is out
of paper, on fire is reported when the kernel doesn't know.
It is an old Unix message that was, I suppose, kept for backward compatibility (maybe?!)
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