Date: 18 Feb 1999 09:43:54 +0100 From: Graeme Brown <graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why does lpd say I have no printer ? Message-ID: <n1292791608.13146@maczebedee>
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Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning a problem
with configuring my FreeBSD host (freeb1) lpd spooler to access a
remote network printer ?
The remote printer is "lp" with print server at host freeb15.
I can ping free freeb15 from freeb1 OK
% ping freeb15
PING freeb15 (132.146.239.202): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.716 ms
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.457 ms
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.443 ms
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.441 ms
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.455 ms
64 bytes from 132.146.239.202: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.459 ms
^C
--- freeb15 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.441/0.495/0.716/0.099 ms
%
My /etc/printcap contains
#remote|sample remote printer:\
lp|ljet4|ljet4_1|remote|remote printer:\
:lp=:\
:rm=freeb15:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
The spool directory for lp exists (/var/spool/lp), owner=daemon,
group=daemon, mode-=770 as recommendations in FBSD Handbook.
% ls -l /var/spool
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root bin 512 Oct 28 10:01 fax
drwxrwxr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Oct 21 1997 lock
drwxrwx--- 2 daemon daemon 512 Feb 17 16:21 lp <------
drwxr-xr-x 2 bin daemon 512 Oct 21 1997 lpd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 Feb 18 02:01 mqueue
drwxr-xr-x 3 bin daemon 512 Feb 11 1998 output
drwxrwxr-x 7 uucp uucp 512 Oct 21 1997 uucp
drwxrwxrwx 2 uucp uucp 512 Oct 21 1997 uucppublic
%
lpd is running on freeb1
% ps -ax | grep lpd
3631 ?? Is 0:00.00 lpd
3604 p7 S+ 0:02.69 tail -f lpd-errs
4457 p8 S+ 0:00.01 grep lpd
%
BUT when I try to print I get
% lpr /etc/hosts
lpr: lp: unknown printer
%
I do not get any useful error messages in /var/log/lpd-errs
% tail -f /var/log/lpd-errs
Nov 30 09:35:31 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Nov 30 09:56:17 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Jan 5 10:31:41 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Jan 7 10:11:27 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Jan 19 16:51:12 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Jan 25 09:20:18 freeb1 lpd[143]: restarted
Feb 17 16:08:40 freeb1 lpd[3550]: restarted
Feb 17 16:24:25 freeb1 lpd[3594]: restarted
Feb 17 16:36:59 freeb1 lpd[3626]: restarted
Feb 17 16:39:56 freeb1 lpd[3631]: restarted
The print server (freeb15) is running FBSD with LPRng spooler.
The /etc/printcap on freeb15 is
# Jerome on 22/01/99
lp|pr541e
:lp=pr541e.b29btlip.bt.co.uk%9100
:sh
:cm=HP LaserJet4 (JetDirect box)
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pr541e
:of=/usr/local/lib/filters/ofhp:
:if=/usr/local/lib/filters/ifhp:
:vf=/usr/local/lib/filters/ifhp -c:
:lf=log
:af=acct
:mx#0
TIA
Graeme Brown
BT Labs, UK
email: graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk
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