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? Thanks Guy
SuSE 7.0 i386, compaq laptop with PCMCIA network card ftp, telnet, what have you, all ports work for a while, then the connection is closed. If a connection is closed, it usually takes some time before I can connect again, but eventually I can. Any clues? /Mats
* 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 ;) -- Cheers, Christopher Mahmood --------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE Inc., Tel: +1-510-628-3380, x5024 580 Second St., Suite 210 Fax: +1-510-628-3381 Oakland CA 94607 Public Key: USA http://www.suse.com/~ckm/key.gpg ---------------------------------------------------------------
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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On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:29:12PM -0500, Jesse Marlin wrote:
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.
it is ping as in ping-pong :) Best old UNIX error messages competition: Smashing the heap with malloc/free muckyness used to produce: "Corrupt arena." Or there was the program that used to have one error message: "argc=1" It was trying to tell you that the program needed an argument. etc... I have a drawer full of them ..lol Cliff I once co-authored a generic comms interface for use in application API's needed for various IPC mechanisms. If you asked for a channel to a machine it didn't know about it would return the infamous "NFHOI" protocol error. A small prize if you can work out what that means :)
At 05:29 PM 01/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
(snip)
While we are swapping trivia what does 'ping' stand for? I think it is Persistent InterNet Groper.
"ping" comes from SONAR. The sonar device sends out a short burst of sound that sounds like "ping" when you hear it. If it bounces off of something, you may have found an enemy submarine. The time it takes to hear the bounce is an indication of distance. In a similar fashion, you ping an address to see if it's there, and how long it takes to reply. (Or just to see if your internet connection is working.) --doug, wa2say
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 10:37:54AM -0500, dougmack@i-2000.com wrote:
At 05:29 PM 01/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
While we are swapping trivia what does 'ping' stand for? I think it is Persistent InterNet Groper.
"ping" comes from SONAR. The sonar device sends out a short burst of sound that sounds like "ping" when you hear it. If it bounces off of something, you may have found an enemy submarine. The time it takes to hear the bounce is an indication of distance. In a similar fashion, you ping an address to see if it's there, and how long it takes to reply. (Or just to see if your internet connection is working.)
I thought it originally stood for 'Packet InterNet Groper' (as well as the obvious sonar link -- David Smith Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 (direct) STMicroelectronics Fax: +44 (0)1454 617910 1000 Aztec West TINA (ST only): (065) 2380 Almondsbury Home: 01454 616963 BRISTOL Mobile: 07932 642724 BS32 4SQ Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:56:22 -0800 Christopher Mahmood <ckm@suse.com> got it together enough to write:
* 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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Cheers,
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?!) -- This Email is 100% Virus Free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING/ SQIT Warwick <SuSE Linux 6.4> "We're tired, we're wired, and our breath smells bad -- -But at least our Operating System doesn't suck!"
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