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Date:      Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:33:40 -0500
From:      "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net>
To:        Graeme Brown <graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why does lpd say I have no printer ?
Message-ID:  <19990218083340.B5426@milf18.bus.net>
In-Reply-To: <n1292791608.13146@maczebedee>; from Graeme Brown on Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:43:54AM %2B0100
References:  <n1292791608.13146@maczebedee>

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On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:43:54AM +0100, Graeme Brown wrote:
> 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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Chuck


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