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Hello, I was printing happy as a lark. All of a sudden, Star Office 5.1 won't print. Netscape gave me this error. Jan 5 12:46:29 george lpr lp:couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello:No space left on device lp at the command prompt gives me the same thing Jan 5 13:51:42 george lpr lp: couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello: No space left on device What does it mean? Thanks George -- My personal website http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.htm -- 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/
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Sounds like your spool is full. do a "df" and see. George Zeigler wrote:
Hello, I was printing happy as a lark. All of a sudden, Star Office 5.1 won't print. Netscape gave me this error. Jan 5 12:46:29 george lpr lp:couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello:No space left on device
lp at the command prompt gives me the same thing Jan 5 13:51:42 george lpr lp: couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello: No space left on device
What does it mean?
Thanks George
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George Zeigler wrote:
Hello, I was printing happy as a lark. All of a sudden, Star Office 5.1 won't print. Netscape gave me this error. Jan 5 12:46:29 george lpr lp:couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello:No space left on device
lp at the command prompt gives me the same thing Jan 5 13:51:42 george lpr lp: couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello: No space left on device
What does it mean?
Well, the first thing I'd do after getting that error is: df /var/spool/lpd to see if there really is no space on the device. Maybe it got filled up with temporary files. It's happened to me. Paul -- 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/
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"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
George Zeigler wrote:
Hello, I was printing happy as a lark. All of a sudden, Star Office 5.1 won't print. Netscape gave me this error. Jan 5 12:46:29 george lpr lp:couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello:No space left on device
lp at the command prompt gives me the same thing Jan 5 13:51:42 george lpr lp: couldn't write to /var/spool/lpd/cdj670-a4-auto-color-600/.seq.george.hello: No space left on device
What does it mean?
Well, the first thing I'd do after getting that error is:
df /var/spool/lpd
to see if there really is no space on the device. Maybe it got filled up with temporary files. It's happened to me.
Paul
ghostscript writes heavyly to /tmp. Disabled printing this way myself ... If youre checking, look there as well Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann@gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- 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/
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abrahams@mbs.valinet.com
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