Look for error messages in /var/log/messages
or in /var/spool/lpd//log
might give you an idea of what's wrong.
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 13:58, sarahtf wrote:
> I am having a whole lot of trouble trying to get my HP5550 printer to
> work with Linux. Works just fine on Windows, so I know it's not t
>Daemon won't start
try, as root on your 6.2 system
/usr/sbin/lpc restart
Jack
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>I am running Red Hat 6.2 on one of the boxes in my lab. I want to
>set up a remote printer that connects to another pc (Red Hat 6.1). >I
>used printtool to set up the remote printer but without success. >Daemon
>won't start on the remote
>host. I checked hosts.lpd and it is ok. I don't have
"Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" wrote:
> Hello
> I am running Red Hat 6.2 on one of the boxes in my lab. I want to
> set up a remote printer that connects to another pc (Red Hat 6.1). I
> used printtool to set up the remote printer but without success. Daemon
> won't start on the remote
> host. I
>But you are right about the updates and errata page I had to dig a
>little to find it since I had seen it there. I drilled in to the 6.1
>stuff from the support page.
Thanks, I've printed out the page. Noticed how you mentioned you had to
"drill" in order to be able to find this stuff. This s
Vidiot wrote:
>
> >RH 6.1 dosen't even see my printer port. Can't find where I should even
> >begin to look to solve this problem. Thanks for anyhelp.
>
> See if the following line is in your /etc/conf.modules file.
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>
> If not, add it.
>
> F
>RH 6.1 dosen't even see my printer port. Can't find where I should even
>begin to look to solve this problem. Thanks for anyhelp.
See if the following line is in your /etc/conf.modules file.
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
If not, add it.
Funny thing is that I was told that this
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/16/00
at 01:58 PM, "Mathco Tech. Dep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
>We have a HP DeskJet 970 series printer at work
>on a Windows 98 computer (i know i know), anyway
>i like to be able to print to that printer
>from a Linux machine, and to a point i do succeed.
>I
