From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 27 14:09:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA28851 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:09:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cedb.dpcsys.com (cedb.DPCSYS.com [209.25.4.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA28839 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:09:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by cedb.dpcsys.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id VAA03251; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:09:27 GMT Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:09:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow To: SysX cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 PRINTER and MOUNT In-Reply-To: <19970427011921.AAA21180@sysx> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, SysX wrote: > 1. I was unable to use the lpr command, > when I issued the command "lpr", I received > the message: /usr/bin/lpr: lp: unknown printer vi /etc/printcap It should have an entry like: lp|local line printer:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > and when I issued command "ls -l > lpt0", > the printer only print 2 lines; such as: > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Apr 3 11:15 X11R6 You need to either have your printer interpret newline as a carriage return/newline or provide a filter that turns newlines into carriage return/newlines > 2. When I issued the mount command, > I got the error messages; such as: vi /etc/exports and fix it. man exports for info. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82