Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:51:37 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: v.demartino2@virgilio.it Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot print Message-ID: <422A1BD9.9040900@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <420008E50005AC67@ims3e.cp.tin.it> References: <420008E50005AC67@ims3e.cp.tin.it>
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v.demartino2@virgilio.it wrote: >I've just installed apsfilter on the latest FreeBSD 5.3 to print with my >epson stylus color 640 (driver eps640lp.upp) following both the handbook >chapter on printing & an artcle in freebsddiary.org. >But: >1) If I - running apsfilter SETUP - use the 'T'(est) option, the PC tiringly, >after un unbearable couple of minutes or so, starts printing a first row >of squares of the test picture only, then seems to hang, emitting from time >to time a (useless) sound. At this point it's better to stop CTRL+Del. > >2) If I try to print via lpr -Plp plaintestfile the log under /var/spool/lpd/lp >says >"/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter: cannot open /var/spool/lpd/lp/lock: >Permission denied" >and doesn't print anything. > >Please help. > >Vittorio > > > Is it a permissions issue? IIRC, I had an issue with permissions the first time I set up apsfilter. Here are my permissions on /var/spool and friends: # ll /var/spool | grep lpd && ll /var/spool/lpd && ll /var/spool/lpd/lp drwxr-xr-x 5 root daemon 512 Mar 22 2004 lpd/ total 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 Mar 2 20:55 lp/ total 41 -rw-r----- 1 root daemon 84 Apr 8 2004 .railmag -rw-r----x 1 root daemon 4 Mar 2 20:55 .seq* -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 0 Mar 21 2004 acct -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 33 Mar 2 20:55 lock -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 42235080 Mar 2 20:55 log -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 25 Mar 2 20:55 status HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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