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Date:      Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:36:24 +1000
From:      "Andrew Johns" <ajohns@TurnAround.com.au>
To:        "Stefan Schoenberger" <sschoen@wee.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: connect: No such file or directory
Message-ID:  <003401bebdf2$bbd97ac0$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3770AC2C.47909F59@wee.de>

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It sounds as though you have no lpd daemon running? Have you started the
lpd daemon process at boot-up (I'm guessing no at this point)?

To check if you have, do:
ps ax | grep lpd

If not, then you'll need to change /etc/rc.conf to start it for you (iff
you're version < 3.0).  For version >= 3.0 create this file
(/etc/rc.conf) and copy the line from /etc/defaults/rc.conf that defines
the LPD variable to start the lpd process and change the "NO" to "YES"
in there - search /etc/defaults/rc.conf for LPD and you'll see
immediately what I mean...

HTH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Stefan
> Schoenberger
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 1999 19:43
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: lpr: connect: No such file or directory
>
>
> Hi,
>
> every time I try to print to a remote printer I get this error message
> from lpr:
>
> lpr: connect: No such file or directory
> jobs queued, but cannot start daemon
>
> This is my printcap entry:
>
> lp|standard remote printer:\
> 	:sh:\
> 	:lp=:rm=axis:rp=pr1:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>
> I already checked the permissions of the spool directory and log file.
> A second computer running Linux has no problems printing
> using the same
> printcap file, but all systems running FreeBSD 3.1 fail. Anyone got an
> idea?
>
> Thanks for helping
>
> Stefan Schoenberger
> sschoen@wee.de
>
>
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