Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:48:31 -0500 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpd: "unable to contact server" (on a parallel port???) Message-ID: <200112102148.fBALmVg44499@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:12:09 EST." <p0510100bb83ad4e65c80@[128.113.24.47]>
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garance granted,
> At 12:25 PM -0500 12/10/01, Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
> >lpq: Unable to contact server!
> >/etc/printcap still contains the single line,
> >lp|hplj4|Hp LaserJet 4:\
> > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/:\
> > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> > :if=/usr/local/libexec/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
> >any ideas?
> Presumably it contains more than that, because that last line ends
> with a '\', which means it will continue on to the following line.
yikes. You're right. umm, what should the rest be? :) I suppose I
managed to delete it somehow . . . and I seem to have deleted my /
etc.old backup directory a few days ago . . .
> Also, what is the line before that 'lp|...' line? Is it a comment
> line? Does that comment also have a '\' at the end of it?
nope.
> One thing you might try is to do an 'lpc status all', to see what
> print-queues lpc finds in /etc/printcap (this may be a different
> list than what *you* think is in printcap...).
fac13:/root#lpc status all
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
waiting for lp to become ready (offline?)
But it's pretty clear now that I have a garbled line in printcap :(
hawk
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