From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 10 14:57: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739AD37B405 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:56:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBAMumr00595; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:56:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112102256.fBAMumr00595@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpd: "unable to contact server" (on a parallel port???) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:35:24 EST." From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:56:48 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG garance gave, > At 4:48 PM -0500 12/10/01, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > >garance granted, > >> At 12:25 PM -0500 12/10/01, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > >> >lpq: Unable to contact server! > >> Presumably it contains more than that, because that last line ends > >> with a '\', which means it will continue on to the following line. > >yikes. You're right. umm, what should the rest be? :) I suppose I > >managed to delete it somehow . . . and I seem to have deleted my / > >etc.old backup directory a few days ago . . . > > Hmm. > I would guess that all you're really missing is the setting for a > log-file (that would be convenient to have, at least). I would > suggest adding a line of: > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs-lp: that sounds reasonable. /var/log/lpd-errs exists, so I changed printcap to lp|hplj4|Hp LaserJet 4:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs Even after booting, though, I get fac13:/root#lpq lpq: Unable to contact server! thanks hawk, still baffled -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message