Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:09:19 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lp daemon not running Message-ID: <20000319230919.A27032@parish> In-Reply-To: <00031914211400.02091@chip.homenet>; from chip@wiegand.org on Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 02:18:22PM -0800 References: <20000319142242.B234@parish> <00031914211400.02091@chip.homenet>
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On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 02:18:22PM -0800, Chip wrote: > Well, it works but the print jobs are just a lot of formatting codes > Seems there must be some kind of filter I need now. > This happens from the local machine and from the networked > windows machines. > Chip > www.wiegand.org > > > On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 10:44:54PM -0800, Chip wrote: > > > I am settin up samba on my bsd box and allowing the rest of the family > > > to print to it, they use win98, win95 and linux. When I tested it the > > > following error showed up in the Printer Queue window: > > > Warning: no daemon present > > > How do I fix this? > > Well, we'll need a bit more info first :) What sort of printer is it? Is there any clue as to what the formatting codes are? For example, Postscript files start: %!PS-Adobe-2.0 %%Creator: > > Add > > > > lpd_enable="YES" # Run the line printer daemon. > > > > to /etc/rc.conf to have it start automatically at boot time. To start > > it immediately (without re-booting): > > > > # /usr/sbin/lpd > > > > HTH > > > > > Chip W > > > www.wiegand.org > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Seminars, n.: > > From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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