From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 7 17:33: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.nbrewer.com (sparge.nbrewer.com [208.42.68.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D059E37B719 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:32:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@nbrewer.com) Received: by mail.nbrewer.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1C40F383055; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:32:57 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:32:57 -0600 From: Christopher Farley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: lprps/remote printer problem Message-ID: <20010307193254.A33045@northernbrewer.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Farley , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Northern Brewer, St. Paul, MN Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have set this up before, and do not recall having the problems I am having now. I am beginning to go mad. * Here is the error message: ------------------------- Mar 7 18:16:46 sparge lprps[32259]: ioctl(TIOCFLUSH): Inappropriate ioctl for device Mar 7 18:16:46 sparge lpd[32256]: lp: job could not be sent to remote host (cfA010sparge.nbrewer.com) * Here is the situation: --------------------- HP LaserJet 4000 is on a Windows NT4 computer (lauter.nbrewer.com). NT's TCP/IP Print Server is installed and running. I installed lprps from the ports collection on my BSD machine (sparge.nbrewer.com). I have set up a spool area in /var/spool/output, and experimented with various perimissions and ownerships. The printer works with a2ps-letter, but not with lprps! * Here is the /etc/printcap: ------------------------- lp|lj|laserjet:\ :sh:\ :rm=lauter.nbrewer.com:rp=AdobePS:\ :lp=:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lj:if=/usr/local/libexec/psif: Any help would be appreciated! -- Christopher Farley www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message