From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 10 9:25:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FD037B405 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:25:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBAHPmg31541 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:25:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112101725.fBAHPmg31541@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: lpd: "unable to contact server" (on a parallel port???) From: "Richard E. Hawkins" Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:25:48 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm experiencing weirdproblems untilo my own machine comes back, apparently from minor differences betwen the thinkpad A21p and A22m. Last week printing wouldn't work properly (but characters sort of came through). I tried again today, but my application (lyx) is told, lp: error - no default destination available. checking with lpq gives the result, lpq: Unable to contact server! /etc/printcap still contains the single line, lp|hplj4|Hp LaserJet 4:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ any ideas? hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message