Thanks to:
John P Speno <speno_at_isc.upenn.edu>
Graham Allan <ALLAN_at_mnhep1.hep.umn.edu>
Both of whom suggested Patch kit 1 for V4.0E. After some work here looking
at our systems, and some very hard questioning of
the people on site, the culprit turned out to be:
an unplugged cable!!!!
Need I add any diatribes on the need to ask the simple questions enough
times until one gets a "real answer". Apparently when I asked the 1st time
if all the cables were still connected, I didn't get the right answer.
Thanks for your help!
Regards
One of our printers, to which I have only remote access via dial-up
(arrgh), is now refusing to print on V4.0E.
It was printing earlier today, and those on site say they changed nothing.
I can spool a job using lpr -Plp0, for example, and that command returns
with no apparent error. Yet looking at the lpr.log
file shows the following:
May 24 14:45:04 impact1 lpd[31558]: lpd started
May 24 14:45:45 impact1 lpd[31569]: lp0: Daemon filter 'f' terminated (-1)
May 24 14:45:45 impact1 lpd[31569]: lp0: filter/access error for dfA000impact1
and the job never prints.
lpstat shows:
# lpstat -t
System default destination: lp
Scheduler is running
Output for printer lp is sent to /dev/ttya04s
Output for printer lp1 is sent to /dev/ttya05s
lp:
printer is on device '/dev/ttya04s' speed 9600
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
lp1:
printer is on device '/dev/ttya05s' speed 9600
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
Requests on lp:
Mon May 24 14:45:45 1999:
no entries
Requests on lp1:
Mon May 24 14:46:41 1999:
no entries
looking at the status entry for the lpd for that printer reveals:
# more /var/spool/lpd/status
Mon May 24 14:45:45 1999:
I redid the /etc/printcap entry since someone there was trying to suppress
burst pages, and thinking they may have inserted
a bad character by mistake, I re-created it;
/etc/printcap now reads:
# cat /etc/printcap
lp|lp0|0|lp|lp0|printer1:\
:af=/usr/adm/lpacct:\
:br#9600:\
:ct=dev:\
:fc#0177777:\
:fs#023:\
:if=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
:lp=/dev/ttya04s:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#132:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
:sh:\
:xc#0177777:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
:xs#044000:
lp1|1|lp1|P1|p2|printer2:\
:af=/usr/adm/lp1acct:\
:br#9600:\
:ct=dev:\
:fc#0177777:\
:fs#023:\
:if=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lp1err:\
:lp=/dev/ttya05s:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#132:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd1:\
:sh:\
:xc#0177777:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
:xs#044000:
#
The printer is an old ribbon style impact printer, so the unknown printer
entry seemed find, and was working fine.
/usr/lbin/lpf is as follows:
# ls -l /usr/lbin/lpf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 24576 Nov 13 1998 /usr/lbin/lpf
#
Any and all suggestions apprciated. I will sumarized.
Thanks and regards,
Bruce
+--------------------------------------+
Bruce B. Platt, Ph.D.
Comport Consulting Corporation
78 Orchard Street, Ramsey, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-236-0505 Fax: 201-236-1335
bbp_at_comport.com, bruce_at_ bruce.platt_at_
OR, bruce_at_bbplatt.com
Received on Mon May 24 1999 - 20:36:10 NZST