From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 13 19:27:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C5C16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 19:27:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.server.rpi.edu (smtp2.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2BB43D5D for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 19:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp2.server.rpi.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4E2RTtG018157; Thu, 13 May 2004 22:27:30 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200405131953.48242.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <200405131953.48242.ecrist@secure-computing.net> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:27:28 -0400 To: ecrist@secure-computing.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: confusing printing error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 02:27:31 -0000 At 7:53 PM -0500 5/13/04, Eric Crist wrote: >Hey list, > >I re-ran the apsfilter setup routine, and now my printer >seems to work fine, except I can only print with: > ># lpr -Paps1 > >I can't print from Kmail, or anything else, as I get the >following error: > >A print error occurred. Error message received from system: > >/usr/local/bin/lpr -P 'aps1' '-#1' >'/tmp/kde-ecrist/kdeprint_jpEBaXb0' : execution failed with message: > >lpr: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable This is often a conflict due to different versions of lpr/lpd on the system. When you do the `lpr' that works, which `lpr' are you getting? Are you getting the base-system lpr i /usr/bin/lpr, or are you getting the alternate one which you (apparently) have installed in /usr/local/bin/lpr ? -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu