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Date:      Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:09:50 -0400
From:      media@ct1.nai.net
To:        David Banning <david@banning.com>
Cc:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: print plain text with apsfilter
Message-ID:  <v03130303b60e2f777521@[209.150.34.194]>
In-Reply-To: <20001014022644.A5980@www3.pacific-pages.com>
References:  <39E79870.1D880A8F@urx.com>; from kstewart@urx.com on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 04:19:12PM -0700 <200010131856.SAA18493@d.tracker> <39E79870.1D880A8F@urx.com>

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At 2:26 AM +0000 10/14/00, David Banning wrote:
>> I just got through installing apsfilter. Did you run the
>> apsfilter/SETUP. When I got through with that, I could print text and
>> graphics. I still have a printer called lp2 that I use with plain
>> files via lpr -Plp2.
>>
>> Kent
>
>OK. I just did what you did. I just don't know if something goes
>through apsfilter and another print command is issued through
>"lpr -Plp2" if one will spool behind the other, or whether
>they will both try to print at once (and in the process knock
>heads as they both try and exit through the printer door)

Afaik, it goes foobar -> lpd -> apsfilter -> lpr.  If it still isn't
working try setting the debugging in apsfilter by decommenting set-x in
/usr/local/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter then check the log.  This is discussed
in the document TROUBLESHOOTING in usr/local/share/doc/apsfilter

Also make sure that ghostscript is installed, the device (the printer port)
is set (eg. # ./MAKEDEV lpt0), your spool directories are correct in
etc/printcap, and that lpd is running.  lpd is not set to run with the
default installation.  You need to change /etc/rc.conf so that

lpd_enable="YES"

or if you are logged on as root type

# lpd

whenever you want to start it.

My problem is that gostscript won't run.  Apparently it is looking for
libXaw.so.6 in usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 , but it's in
usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib , and I don't know how to make it
look there instead.  Any ideas??







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