Shao Zhang wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 08:36:14PM +1000, Bill Shui wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am having some problems with setting up my LPRng.
> > I was wondering if anyone could help me out here.
>
> If you just install lprng package and have a working printcap file,
> then it should be fine.
Well, I didn't have a working printcap file, because I installed Debian
from the CD, and they weren't configured. And I wasn't sure which filter
to use, well, lpf wouldn't work for the PostScript, and I was trying to
use ifhp -Tstatus=off
but no luck with that either.
> > I have a HP 6L printer (ie it's a post script printer)
> I cannot agree with you on this. I don't think this is a postscript
> printer.
Maybe not... but the issue is that it requires some kind of filter
programs to print postscript files, and I tried to filter it with lpf,
but instead, it printed lines of scripts. That's why I then tried to
install lprng again. and I wasn't sure whether they (lp* commands) were
mixed from different versions or not. So I deleted them all, and tried
to install the LPRng again.
> > I just installed the LPRng (latest stable version, and the filters
> > that
> > go with it).
> > I deleted the original lpd and lp* commands (they used to reside in
> > /usr/bin and /usr/sbin <--- the lpd)
>
> Why do you remove the lp stuff?? If you have them already, then it may
> be provided by the old lpd package. You should just install lprng
> package
> and it will automatically remove the lpd package for you.
Well, anything that I can do now to try to get my lpd started again?
> > and now I couldn't even start up my lpd..
> try to start it from /etc/init.d/lpd
I did, I substituted all the lines containg /usr/sbin/lpd with
/usr/local/bin/lpd
since lpd now resides in /usr/local/bin
and it still didn't work.
I wasn't sure if lprng file was meant to be in /etc/init.d/ too?
because I have both "lprng" and "lpd" sitting in my /etc/init.d/
> > I tried checkpc -f command,
> > and it prints "/var/run/lpd.printer permisson denied"
> > I looked into /var/run directory, and there was not a lpd.printer
> > present at all...
> > So I "touch"ed lpd.printer. and guess what, lpd can start again.
> > But after I rebooted my computer, the lpd.printer disappeared again.
any ideas here?
> > and also I think I'm having problem with my printcap file...
Thanks.
