From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 17 05:45:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA11967 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 05:45:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from depauw.edu (DEPAUW.EDU [163.120.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA11949 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 05:45:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU) From: PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU Received: from DEPAUW.EDU by DEPAUW.EDU (PMDF V5.0-6 #27268) id <01IR9W3OY13W0152R6@DEPAUW.EDU> for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:44:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:44:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: I need help with printer To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <01IR9W3OY13Y0152R6@DEPAUW.EDU> X-VMS-To: IN%"FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG" X-VMS-Cc: PARADOX MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jack Morang asked about not being able to print; his description was a perfect fit for what I went through last week. It turned out that, reasonably enough, lpd was not being run at boot (at installation, there being no printer set up). It was very satisfying to type lpd after getting the error message to have the printer start up with the test. If lpd is up and the error is produced, then more advanced comprehension of the system than mine is needed. Lou Smogor paradox@depauw.edu >I've parsed through the online doc's and gone through the steps towards >a functioning printer. I have given the printer a name/ made a spooling >directory/ set in the identifying device/ >and included a log file for debugging purposes (in the printcap file) >the hardware is properly detected (i noted at bootup) set on >interrupt-driven method. IRQ 07; I also installed the simple text >filter. all directores are in place (seemingly) >when I test this setup with lptest 20 5 | lpr -Pcannon I get this >message >lpr:connect:No such file or directory jobs queued, but cannot start >daemon. >Now to which file or directory? What to do? What to do?