Devon, Got a reply from Tammy Fox of Red Hat on the enigma list, saying that this is a bug in foomatic. She said a fix will be out shortly. Mean time, I'll keep hacking away!
John On 11/18/01, 11:56:14PM -0500, Devon wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 18 November 2001 10:18 pm, John P. Verel wrote: > > > The steps you outlined seemed to go fine. But, when I send a test page > > to the printer, I get maybe one blinking light, maybe a blank page, but > > not a printed page. > > Hrmm. Lot's of questions, little in the way of help to follow. :) > > Is /etc/printcap still an empty file? > If so, does starting and stopping lpd work? > Does it result in any log messages? > Is Printcap still empty after restarting lpd? > > How is the printer connected? > When you ran printconf, was the printer detected? > At bootup, is the printer detected? > What kind of printer, and what driver does it use? > > > If I do echo hello | lpr, I get a message about no printer defined. > > So, you define a printer via printconf-gui, save and restart lpd. > No message on restarting? Checking the log, no errors reported? > Looking in /var/spool/lpd/$queuename/ you see config files, log, driver > info, etc? > > > Any further thoughts? > > I have to admit, I'm running out of ideas. > > If this is a usb printer, is the correct module being loaded? > Some people have mentioned no module being loaded, but usually > accompanied by an error message about 'no such device'. > > If this is the case, 'modprobe printer' might help. > > Good luck, hope this helps. > > If it doesn't, David Talkington posted a howto on installing cups and > gimp-print earlier tonight. ;) > > - -D > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE7+JDveMAUbzJhSVcRAlm9AJ4j8PTdhrlhKqr2Lvc71LrRfaK/cgCfYlZy > ymKyacZpeLnwN4NmUtLr6GM= > =Lx2+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- John P. Verel Norwalk, Connecticut _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
