Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:27:28 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: ecrist@secure-computing.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: confusing printing error Message-ID: <p0602042dbcc9dea16499@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <200405131953.48242.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <200405131953.48242.ecrist@secure-computing.net>
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At 7:53 PM -0500 5/13/04, Eric Crist wrote: >Hey list, > >I re-ran the apsfilter setup routine, and now my printer >seems to work fine, except I can only print with: > ># lpr -Paps1 <file> > >I can't print from Kmail, or anything else, as I get the >following error: > >A print error occurred. Error message received from system: > >/usr/local/bin/lpr -P 'aps1' '-#1' >'/tmp/kde-ecrist/kdeprint_jpEBaXb0' : execution failed with message: > >lpr: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable This is often a conflict due to different versions of lpr/lpd on the system. When you do the `lpr' that works, which `lpr' are you getting? Are you getting the base-system lpr i /usr/bin/lpr, or are you getting the alternate one which you (apparently) have installed in /usr/local/bin/lpr ? -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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