Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:16:09 -0400 From: Jeffrey Racine <racinej@mcmaster.ca> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpq & gnome 2.16 upgrade issue? lpq: unable to connect to server Message-ID: <1161119769.637.2.camel@pc-racine1.mcmaster.ca> In-Reply-To: <1161119168.23262.84.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1161117726.633.7.camel@pc-racine1.mcmaster.ca> <1161119168.23262.84.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Dear Joe, Many thanks. This was exactly the problem. -- Jeff On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 17:06 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 16:42 -0400, Jeffrey Racine wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I upgraded to gnome 2.16 a few days ago, and just realized that lpr/lpq > > and now acting oddly... I have used this system for 2 years with zero > > problems. Our sysadmin told me there have been zero changes to our print > > servers. Below you will see it is a perm issue that has manifested > > itself alongside the gnome upgrade though it may be totally unrelated... > > > > uname -a > > > > FreeBSD pc-racine1.mcmaster.ca 6.1-RC2 FreeBSD 6.1-RC2 #0: Wed May 3 > > 10:02:44 EDT 2006 > > > > The issue, in a nutshell, is that suddenly I can't print when logged in > > to an account other than root... I have no idea what could have caused > > this unless gnome does some perm changes... if this is the wrong forum > > please forgive, and if you have any suggestions many many thanks. > > > > As root all is well... > > > > pc-racine1# lpq > > JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port > > pc-racine1# exit > > > > As myself (non-root) no go... > > > > [jracine@pc-racine1 jracine]$ lpq > > lpq: Unable to connect to server > > Check to make sure you're using the correct lpq command, and that you > are not using the CUPS versions of these commands. If your PATH > contains /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, that would do it. > > Joe > > > > > -- Professor J. S. Racine Phone: (905) 525 9140 x 23825 Department of Economics FAX: (905) 521-8232 McMaster University e-mail: racinej@mcmaster.ca 1280 Main St. W.,Hamilton, URL: http://www.economics.mcmaster.ca/racine/ Ontario, Canada. L8S 4M4 `The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
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