Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 21:03:16 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu Cc: tsai@server.keck.lmu.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing Problem Message-ID: <9507210303.AA08620@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950720205207.14427A-100000@espresso.eng.umd.edu> (message from Chuck Robey on Thu, 20 Jul 1995 20:53:43 -0400 (EDT))
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>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> writes:
Chuck> Uh, guys, I don't think that means what you think it does.
Chuck> I'm pretty sure that lpd only exists while it is actually
Chuck> handling the printing of some document. Not having lpd is
Chuck> quite normal, unless something is awaiting printing, and
Chuck> it's started each time by lpr.
No, I think lpd should be running all the time to receive requests; it
should then fork to handle the request. Now, `no daemon present' for
a queue is sometimes OK---the queue could be idle, for example.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
Here's a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if
some guy sets a world record, pretend that you didn't see it and go,
"Okay, is everybody ready to start now?" -- Jack Handey
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