On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:02:16PM -0300, Valdemir Melechco Carvalho wrote: > I had my potato system working smoothly until yesterday when I updated the > system with apt. After that I haven't been able to print. The lpr command > displays the following message: > >Status Information: > > sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 > > connected to 'localhost' > > requesting printer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending str '^Bmissingprinter' to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > What does missingprinter mean? > I am using lprng 3.6.8-1 and apsfilter 5.1.2-2. > Please, does anyone can help me? > Thanks in advance.
I filled some bugs against new lprng. Short solution (all steps are needed) - install 3.6.8-2 (is in incoming) - cd /var/spool/lpd chown -R daemon.lp * chmod 700 * - read your /etc/printcap, find af= and lf= entries, cd /var/log and chown daemon.lp these files too. Mirek
