Date: 09 Nov 1999 05:56:48 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: let us restart pecefully Message-ID: <86d7tkuxkv.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: Alfred Perlstein's message of "Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:53:30 -0800 (PST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081246290.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> writes:
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
>
> > First of all,yes i have maanged to bring him so far as to
> > spit out some bytes.But on rather strange manner:i brought
> > it up with lpc up lp,previously it was not possible for me
> > to get it working with lpc start|enable all.As far as
> > understood it from man pages though,the function
> > of start|enable and up is rather identical.So
> > the question #1:
> > 1)Is it a bug or a feature?What is the
> > expected way?What is the difference between
> > up and enable.
>
> it seems 'start' will start lpd, while 'enable' will only
> enable queing on the printer, it assumes you already have
> lpd running.
Ahem, you're probably right on the spot here. Tried that on my lpd
tonight and -- sure thing -- it worked exactly like that. It seems that
the _enable_ command tries to enable queueing without starting a daemon.
From /usr/src/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/cmds.c (line 372) we read:
/*
* Turn off the group execute bit of the lock file to enable queuing.
*/
and the enable() function does just that. Only the startpr() function a
few lines below starts a new daemon if one is not present.
> > Yet to statemnet about just few bytes.
> > I use apsfilter and programm claims
> > that it could handle TIFF format but i got reverse staircase
> > effect while trying to print out some man pages.So question
> > #2 is:
> > How can i handle reverse staircase effect in this particular
> > case?
>
> This is odd, manpages aren't in TIFF format.
They certainly aren't. At least those that I have seen so far.
> I think it would be great if you could provide us with your
> printcap file so we can see exactly what's going on.
Oh, and please (not that I can't read it otherwise, but) it would be
nice if you didn't use base-64 MIME encoded attachments. Just quote
your printcap entry. Something like:
lp|Line Printer:\
:sh:\
:mx#0:
Regards.
--
Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle]
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