actually i did exactly that... and nothing seemed to change. --jes ----- Original Message ----- From: Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jesse Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Print spooling, SMB browsing, communism and other mishaps
> Jesse Wolfe wrote: > > > i've finally decided to give up and ask a question instead of trying > > to understand some particularly bad 1. Printing. i've got a Canon > > BJC-4200. I'm using kernel 2.2.5.I can echo "Hello" > /dev/lp0 and get > > it on paper. i cant get lpr to actually do anything even after i > > checked the printcap file (it was lp1 but changing it didnt solve the > > problem). 2. Samba... I'm using 2 ip addresses and samba loves the > > second interface only-- i have them both installed in smb.conf but it > > wont contact any computer on the first subnet (i'm probably > > cheating... there's no wins server or anything). I got LinNeigborhood > > (altavista told me 'bout it)... it says browsing does not work (sorry > > i dont have it verbatim) > > With the 2.2 series, I think they have changed the device name for the > parallel port. You should edit your printcap > file to make it points to /dev/lp0. Then did you do a /etc/init.d/lpd > stop; /etc/init.d/lpd start?? > > Hope it helps... > > Shao. > > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ > ____________________________________________________________________________ _ > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
