On: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 21:57:40 -0400 (EDT) Shawn D'Alimonte writes:
>
> I am using Linux/m68k (hamm) and am having trouble printing. Only
> root seems able to print. When i try as my normal account lpr
> responds with 'lpr: can't create /var/spool/lpd/lp/.seq'. lpq
> claims that no daemon is running. When I am root everything works
> perfectly. I am using lpr5.9-29 in its default configuration with a
> Star NX1000R attached to the built in parallel port (/dev/lp0).
Check that all directories beneath (including) /var/spool/lpd are
writable to group lp and owned by user lp. Here is a sample output
from my system:
~$ ls -ld /var/spool/lpd
drwxrwsr-x 7 lp lp 1024 Jul 24 21:03 /var/spool/lpd/
~$ ls -l /var/spool/lpd
total 7
drwxrwxr-x 2 root lp 1024 Okt 4 10:41 hplj5l/
drwxrwsr-x 2 lp lp 1024 Mär 25 1997 lp/
-rw------- 1 lp lp 4 Jul 24 18:50 lpd.lock.marvin.printer
-rw------- 1 lp lp 4 Okt 9 15:16 lpd.lock.myrkr.printer
drwxrwxr-x 2 root lp 1024 Aug 10 12:46 stc600/
drwxrwxr-x 2 root lp 1024 Apr 28 18:13 stc600-high/
drwxrwxr-x 2 root lp 1024 Feb 10 1998 test/
Regarding your problem with lpd, what is the output of "lpc lpd"? Try
manually starting the daemon with "/etc/init.d/lprng start" (if you
don't have lprng installed, you probably need to start a file named
like lpr or similar) and look if there are any problems reported in
/var/log/messages.
Torsten
