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Date:      Sat, 5 Mar 2005 23:38:39 +0000
From:      Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cannot print
Message-ID:  <200503052338.39737.v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
In-Reply-To: <422A1BD9.9040900@daleco.biz>
References:  <420008E50005AC67@ims3e.cp.tin.it> <422A1BD9.9040900@daleco.biz>

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Alle 20:51, sabato 5 marzo 2005, Kevin Kinsey ha scritto:
> v.demartino2@virgilio.it wrote:
> >I've just installed apsfilter on the latest FreeBSD 5.3 to print with my
> >epson stylus color 640 (driver eps640lp.upp) following both the handbook
> >chapter on printing & an artcle in freebsddiary.org.
> >But:
> >1) If I - running apsfilter SETUP - use the 'T'(est) option, the PC
> > tiringly, after un unbearable  couple of minutes or so, starts printing 
> > a first row of squares of the test picture only, then seems to hang,
> > emitting from time to time a (useless) sound. At this point it's better
> > to stop CTRL+Del.
> >
> >2) If I try to print via lpr -Plp plaintestfile the log under
> > /var/spool/lpd/lp says
> >"/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter: cannot open
> > /var/spool/lpd/lp/lock: Permission denied"
> >and doesn't print anything.
> >
> >Please help.
> >
> >Vittorio
>
> Is it a permissions issue?  IIRC, I had an issue with permissions
> the first time I set up apsfilter.
>
> Here are my permissions on /var/spool and friends:
>
> # ll /var/spool | grep lpd && ll /var/spool/lpd && ll /var/spool/lpd/lp
> drwxr-xr-x  5 root   daemon    512 Mar 22  2004 lpd/
> total 1
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  daemon  512 Mar  2 20:55 lp/
> total 41
> -rw-r-----  1 root  daemon        84 Apr  8  2004 .railmag
> -rw-r----x  1 root  daemon         4 Mar  2 20:55 .seq*
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon         0 Mar 21  2004 acct
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon        33 Mar  2 20:55 lock
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  42235080 Mar  2 20:55 log
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon        25 Mar  2 20:55 status

Exactly that way!
Some other suggestion?
Vittorio



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