Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 19:46:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: tsai@server.keck.lmu.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing Problem Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950721194602.15366A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9507210303.AA08620@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Sean Kelly wrote: > >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> writes: > > Chuck> Uh, guys, I don't think that means what you think it does. > Chuck> I'm pretty sure that lpd only exists while it is actually > Chuck> handling the printing of some document. Not having lpd is > Chuck> quite normal, unless something is awaiting printing, and > Chuck> it's started each time by lpr. > > No, I think lpd should be running all the time to receive requests; it > should then fork to handle the request. Now, `no daemon present' for > a queue is sometimes OK---the queue could be idle, for example. > I doublechecked; you're right. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0) and n3lxx (301) 220-2114 | (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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