Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:03:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Dennis J. Gormley" <GORMLEY@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: GORMLEY@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG Subject: Printing works, but only after manually starting lpd Message-ID: <01KFO44JDX0K92036H@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG>
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Hello;
I apologize for the length of this post, but I wanted to include all the
relevant information. As a preamble, I've been working on this problem for a
couple of weeks; I've been checking out the handbook, posting to the
newsgroups, and checked groups.google.com in case these questions were already
answered. They may well have been, but I couldn't find the answers :(
I have a Dell Dimension system running FreeBSD for which Netscape will be the
primary application. I have attached an HP 940c
printer. I've installed the current port of ghostscript-afpl, and can print
from Netscape, after a fashion, but it needs to be a lot less hands on before I
can deploy the workstation.
When I click on File|Print in Netscape, the dialog box comes up. The print
command is notated as lpr -P hpijs, although I've tried it with lp as well.
When I click on OK, I get small window in the center of the screen labeled
Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr)
that says
lpr: connect: no such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon
When I go to the # prompt and type lpd, the page prints with error messages.
So I abandon Netscape, and go back to the # prompt. I issued the command
#lpr -P lp .profile
and got the error messages:
lpr: connect: no such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon
which are the same messages I get when I print out of Netscape.
So I go to check the spool directory and find the files cfA012sci.hslc.org and
dfA012sci.hslc.org in /var/spool/lpd
So I type lpd at same prompt. I get the error messages
Mar 21 11:20:44 sci lpd[280]: lp: filter 'f' terminated (termsig=35)
Mar 21 11:20:44 sci lpd[280]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA012sci.hslc.org)
BUT THE PAGE PRINTED!
In /var/spool/lpd, files cfA012sci.hslc.org and dfA012sci.hslc.org disappear,
but file lock appears, with contents
280
cfA012sci.hslc.org
Here are the relevant files, etc:
sci# uname -a
FreeBSD sci.hslc.org 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 23 10:17:25
EDT 2001 root@accesspa.state.pa.us:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
sci # gs -h
AFPL Ghostscript 7.03 (2001-10-20)
Copyright (C) 2001 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
-g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution
-sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
-sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
stp uniprint deskjet djet500 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 cdj670
cdj850 cdj880 cdj890 cdj1600 cdj970 pjxl300 pcl3 hpdj ijs jpeg jpeggray
pdfwrite bbox psmono psgray psrgb pswrite epswrite nullpage
Search path:
. : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/7.03/lib :
/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /usr/local/share/ghostscript/7.03/doc/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs@ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.
sci# more /etc/printcap
lp|hpijs|hp|hp940c|hpdj940c:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/hpijsif:
exit
sci# more /usr/local/libexec/hpijsif
#!/bin/sh
# hpijsif - Ghostscript simulated Postscript for HP Ink Jet Server (ijs)
# /usr/local/libexec/hpijsif
printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2
read first_line
first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
# PostScript job, print it.
exec 3>&1 1>&2
/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q \
-sDEVICE=ijs \
-sIjsServer="/usr/local/bin/hpijs" \
-dIjsUseOutputFD \
-sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" \
-sDeviceModel="DESKJET 940c" \
-sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3 - && exit 0
else
# Plain text, convert it, then print it.
echo $first_line && cat && printf "\033&l0H" && exit 0
fi
exit 2
sci# dmesg
Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 23 10:17:25 EDT 2001
root@accesspa.state.pa.us:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (930.32-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x686 Stepping = 6
Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PA
T,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
real memory = 268173312 (261888K bytes)
config> di sn0
config> di lnc0
config> di ie0
config> di fe0
config> di ed0
config> di cs0
config> di bt0
config> di aic0
config> di aha0
config> di adv0
config> q
avail memory = 256827392 (250808K bytes)
pnpbios: Bad PnP BIOS data checksum
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0436000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc043609c.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
md0: Malloc disk
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1131)> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <ATI model 5046 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11
pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=244e)> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xdc00-0xdc7f mem
0xff9ffc00-0xff9f
fc7f irq 3 at device 9.0 on pci2
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:01:03:d6:29:c8
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
xlphy0: <3c905C 10/100 internal PHY> on miibus0
xlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pci2: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x0002) at 12.0 irq 9
pci2: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x7002) at 12.1
isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=8086 device=2440)> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH2 ATA100 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on
pci
0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xef80-0xef9f irq 10 at device 31.2
on pci0
uhci0: (New UHCI DeviceId=0x24428086)
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: (0x24428086) UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2443) at 31.3 irq 9
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP
Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 940C> MLC,PCL,PML
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ad0: 38166MB <WDC WD400BB-00AUA1> [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: DVD-ROM <SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612> at ata1-master using PIO4
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
pid 142 (chkprintcap), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
pid 143 (lpd), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
xl0: promiscuous mode enabled
sci# more /etc/rc.conf
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf
# please make all changes to this file.
lpd_enable="YES"
sendmail_enable="NO"
gateway_enable="YES"
sshd_enable="YES"
inetd_enable="YES"
usbd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
#ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.2.7 netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.100.94.156 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#defaultrouter="192.168.2.1"
#defaultrouter="192.168.2.3"
defaultrouter="192.100.94.5"
#hostname="sci.brodart.com"
hostname="sci.hslc.org"
Relevant part of GENERIC (I think . . . )
# Serial (COM) ports
device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4
device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5
device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9
# Parallel port
device ppc0 at isa? irq 7
device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lprinter # Printer
device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
device ppi # Parallel port interface device
#device vpo # Requires scbus and da
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