by > I am having difficulties to have lpd work for me. Apparently lpd just don't
> want to run on my mechine. I couldn't find it by using ps -ax. Then I
> decided to run it from my console. But it didn't work either. Finally I went
> to /usr/adm/syslog and found the error message there:
> "May 28 02:25:59 bizet kernel: lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found."
> I am sure that I have lp1 on my computer 'cause I got the message from dmesg:
> "lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)"
> Also I've customized my kernel to have the lpd in. Where shall I go? Any
> hint? Thanks a lot!
difficult to configure (I know, I just got it working!!!). Your best
friend
is the command "checkpc" which checks all your /etc/printcap entries.
Run
that and look for errors. If errors are present, run "checkpc -f" which
automagically fixes the errors which are generally ownership and
permissions
on various spool directory files. I found that lpd refuses to run if
there are
errors, but when I fixed things using checkpc, it worked!
Also, if you are running apsfilter (automatically detects file type and
converts
for your printer), you have to add an entry
:direct_read:
to each apsfilter printer entry in your printcap.
Good luck!
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