From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 19:20:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 769F9106564A for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:20:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank.wissmann41@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de (fmmailgate03.web.de [217.72.192.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D17C68FC14 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:20:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp07.web.de (fmsmtp07.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.215]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E177414E23A94; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [77.176.220.147] (helo=grissom.einundvierzig.org) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #4) id 1O5OQA-0007Z5-00; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4BD1F318.3000002@web.de> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:56 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Frank_Wi=DFmann?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091214) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: <4BD08236.8060706@web.de> <4BD09B9E.1040803@web.de> <4BD0B5CD.3050102@web.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/a6NvU/hquC3FeLEk8kIpPqrB7Q6oqM0HwyfU0 lEZWLlPf69VY42vTeyvMlIUo53pKuEIp+cd/i72Fmq62C71keD HsINeTZcKfHZGY71TAEQ== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank.wissmann41@web.de List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:20:17 -0000 Hi, hello and a good day! Warren Block schrieb: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Frank Wi?mann wrote: > >> "chkprintcap -d -f /etc/printcap" exits with no error message. > > That -d may have now changed things, but okay. > >> "lpc status lp" gives that: >> >> lp: >> queuing is enabled >> printing is enabled >> no entries in spool area >> printer idle > > That's good. Try sending a short test file to the printer, like > ls -lh | lpr > > ("lp" is the default, so "-Plp" is not needed.) The beast does it. At least, it does print from the command line like "cat /etc/rc.conf|lpr". > > Watch the printer display to see if it receives a job. If the printer > doesn't print, check the status with lpc again. Oh, and you might want > to check that the printer is set to Auto personality so it'll accept all > types of print jobs. > >>> Don't know, but I set group and owner to daemon:daemon. Incidentally, >> >> Which directories do you include in "daemon:daemon"? > > The spool dir, but 'chown -R daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd' should be all > right, too. I changed that so it is now like yours. > >>> using the first name of the printer (lp) for the spooldir would make >>> more sense to me. >> >> I did change that but it seems not to have any effect. I also took my >> user in the groups "daemon" and "operator" but that didn't help, too. > > You should not be a member of the daemon group; operator is fine. And > also beware of changing multiple settings at the same time. I rechanged that, too. Now I am out of "daemon". > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > The printer does not accept a job from a GUI application like "Firefox" or "Thunderbird". So how can I go on from now? Greetings Frank -- GU d- s:+ a+ C+>$ UBS>$ P L- !E--- W N+@ !o K--? !w--- O !M- !V- PS+ PE Y? !PGP- t+ 5 X !R tv- b++ DI !D G e h+ r- y? When pack meets pack in the jungle and no one will move from the trail wait till the leaders have spoken it may be fair words shall prevail (Rudyard Kipling)