Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:58:51 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: scanner@jurai.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ARGH! Stupid LPD error... Message-ID: <20010418085851.A4712@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171341580.36412-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from scanner@jurai.net on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 01:46:57PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171341580.36412-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 01:46:57PM -0400, scanner@jurai.net wrote:
>
> I want to strangle LPD. Something is jacked and I have no clue what. I
> have never seen this error before.
>
> -rw------- 1 root wheel 607394 Apr 9 11:36 /tmp/aps_testout.IrixPc
> eval: cannot create /dev/lpt0: error 16
> Mon Apr 9 11:53:14 CDT 2001
> ljet4 600x600 default
>
> WTF is cannot create /dev/lpt0 supposed to mean? It's already there.
> The output is from apsfilter but I do not believe it has anything to do
> with apsfilter.
Check the output of dmesg, is your /dev/lpt0 device being detected
correctly?
When something complains that it "cannot create /dev/lpt0", it's attempting
to create the "lpt0" file in /dev; usually due to a shell script's
"someprogram > /dev/lpt0". This could possibly be due to permission
problems.. What user is your lpd daemon running as?
> One odd thing I noted is that when LPD starts it created two LPD's. I dont
> know why. So I tried killing one of them. Still get the same error.
> Does anyone know what that error means and how to fix it?
When lpd attempts to print a job, it spawns off a child to handle it,
that's why you see multiple lpd processes.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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