Happens if a couple days pass without printing anything. Running a slink system with kernel 2.0.36.
The only other untoward thing that happens with this system is that occasionally X dies right after I switch from a VC. Apparently has to do with the mouse, perhaps an interaction with gpm? I haven't thought to look and see if perhaps lpd dies at the same time. (I don't print very often, but I'd like to figure out what's going on.) ii lpr 0.33-3 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system ii magicfilter 1.2-28 automatic printer filter. # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|dj694c|HP DJ694C:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj694c:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Aug 22 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.6.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Aug 29 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 5 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 12 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 19 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 26 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 0 Oct 3 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 0 Oct 10 04:47 /var/log/lp-errs -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Aug 22 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.6.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Aug 29 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 5 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 12 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 19 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 30 Sep 26 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 0 Oct 3 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 0 Oct 10 04:47 /var/log/lp-acct Any ideas? Cheers, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^