Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:57:51 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Karl Agee <kdagee@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer gone beszerk Message-ID: <423CD89F.6020304@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY15-F8D149ADF24A095008EAFDC64C0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY15-F8D149ADF24A095008EAFDC64C0@phx.gbl>
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Karl Agee wrote: > FreeBSD 4.11-Stable. My printer has gone beszerk.......and, I cant > clear the queue. > > Here is some output: > > bash-2.05b$ lpq -P hp > Warning: unable to get address list for remote machine : No address > associated with hostname > Warning: no daemon present > Rank Owner Job Files Total Size > 1st kdagee 0 (standard input) 145143 bytes > 2nd kdagee 1 (standard input) 74513 bytes > 3rd kdagee 2 (standard input) 967543 bytes > 4th kdagee 3 (standard input) 406428 bytes > bash-2.05b$ lprm - > lprm: getprintcap: printer not found > > bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/printcap > # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the > # /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file > # will be lost. > hp|hp:rm=:rp=hp: > > This is a local printer on lp0. I set it up using apsfilter, and I dont > use cups. > > I want to delete these jobs but dont know what else to do. > > --Karl > 1. killall lpd 2. cd /var/spool/lpd/lp 3. rm *.com 4. look into /var/spool/output and do the same as above 5. reset the printer 6. lpd 7. Drink beer. -- Best regards, Chris If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.
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