From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 13:45:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07587 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:45:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07472 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21932; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:43:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:43:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Jacques Hugo cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing and stuff In-Reply-To: <3621B371.15FB7483@wired.ctech.ac.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Jacques Hugo wrote: > Hi all. > > On my 2.2.5 box I could print fine, but since my upgrade > to 2.2.7 ... all hell broke loose. > > This is my orig /etc/printcap file: > > lp|lexmark:\ > :rm=f.q.d.n:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/lpd.errors: > > No problem there, and it worked fine. > > But now on 2.2.7, whenever I try to print > using lpr I get this: > > lpr: connect: No such file or directory > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > The jobs get spooled alright, but in > /var/spool/output/lpd. If I update > my /etc/printcap file to that directory, > I get the same results. Does /var/spool/lpd/lp exist and have correct permissions? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message