"Steven T. Hatton" wrote:
How should I configure the 2.2.10 kernel for plip printing? I get the following when I run lpc:
LPC (nariana): status lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 2 entries in spool area no daemon present ***************************
The "no daemon present" line seems to be the problem. When I ps jax | grep lpd I get:
bash-2.03# ps jax | grep lpd 1 150 150 150 ? -1 S 0 0:00 lpd: accepting connections
[...]
What am I doing wrong? I have spent far more time trying to figure out printing under linux than I have printing under Linux. I really wish the printer section of the SuSE book were more comprehensive.
If there is anything that plagues a sysadmin's life it is printing and printing usually means getting to know your user's better than you really wanted to. When lpd starts you get a master that accepts connections and spools jobs, that's the one you see. When a queue has jobs you should get an additional daemon for that queue and that's the one that lpc reports. Sometimes they die, you can start the daemon with lpc restart. If it continues to die then first check you log files, you may find something interesting but if you don't then you can start lpd with -D and/or -F to see more about what is going wrong. I haven't used plip but my understanding was that it is incompatible with printing, i.e. you can have one or the other but not both at the same time, could tht be your problem? /Michael -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/