Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:42:50 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: "Joe Joplin" <joejop@triad.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lpd_enable not running on 4.6 Message-ID: <p05111725b948e7a17ac7@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <02c201c22247$4e3e18b0$2201a8c0@2kpro2> References: <02c201c22247$4e3e18b0$2201a8c0@2kpro2>
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At 12:08 AM -0400 7/3/02, Joe Joplin wrote:
>I am running FreeBSD 4.6. In my rc.conf file I have the
>lpd_enable="YES". When I run ps -ax | grep lp, I do not
>see the process running. If I print something with lpr
>I get an error:
>
>lpr: Unable to connect to /var/run/printer: Socket operation on non-socket
>lpr: Check to see if the master 'lpd' process is running.
>jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
>
>If I run lpd for the command line the queued jobs print fine,
>but then the daemon closes.
Start up lpd with:
/usr/sbin/lpd -l -c
and then check /var/log/messages for any error messages (or they
might be in /var/log/lpd-errs).
You might also want to try running:
/usr/sbin/chkprintcap
--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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