Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:35:42 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: lpd breakage Message-ID: <19980505203542.A8906@rtfm.net>
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Every time I try to lpr a file, I get this: May 5 20:29:39 limbo lpd[8543]: restarting lp May 5 20:29:48 limbo last message repeated 3 times May 5 20:29:51 limbo lpd[8543]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA012limbo) May 5 20:29:52 limbo lpd[8543]: mail sent to user nathan about job lap1.txt on printer lp (FATALERR) Then, lpd puts Microsoft to shame with the most ambiguous error message I've ever seen: Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:31:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Owner of many system processes <daemon> To: nathan@limbo.rtfm.net Subject: lp printer job "lap1.txt" Your printer job (lap1.txt) could not be printed Successfully made me bash head against keyboard and attempt to tear out remaining hair. :-) The *really* good part, though, is that cat file.txt > /dev/lpt0 works fine. I'm using the apsfilter port (because I like the way it a2ps'es them and how it makes me think I have a PS printer), and have been for quite some time. This recent breakage is something new. The message given to me by lpq and lpc is Waiting for printer to become ready (offline)? I've reinstalled apsfilter and lpr/lpd with no avail; any suggestions? -- ________________ _________________________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \/ "Quit whining you haven't done anything \ / nathan@rtfm.net \ wrong, because frankly you haven't done \ / PGP key: finger / much of anything." -KMFDM \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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