Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:19:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 printcap entry -- a no-go on 3.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407111824.26547Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980406175431.21016@ct.picker.com>
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On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Randall Hopper wrote: > |Check that your spool directories are writable and that there aren't any > |stale files. > > This was the tip-off I needed. I backed up my spool dir and, one by > one, started removing files, restarting lpd, and seeing whether printing > would work. > > The culprit seemed to be the "lock" file in the "lp" and "text" queue > directories. Thanks for the info -- I'll keep that in mind in case there's a rush of questions in the future. > Thanks for the help Doug! As always, glad to be of service. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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