From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans) Subject: Re: Printing on a Remote SPARCPrinter (kernel 0.99pl9) Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 16:37:50 GMT
Brian P Burke (bpburke@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
: This is the entry from my printcap file:
:
: lp|duchess|duchess, SPARCprinter:\
: lp=:rm=duchess:rp=duchess:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/duchess:\
: lf=/var/spool/duchess/log:
:
: as root I get the following results
: # lpr .emacs
: lpr: connect: No such file or directory
: jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
: # lpq
: Warning: no daemon present
this is the /usr/etc/printcap vs /etc/printcap problem,
which exists in the distribution.
do
ln -fs /usr/etc/printcap /etc/printcap
Also you need to run lpd.
start it up in the rc script after inetd
Do touch /var/spool/duchess/log, lpd sometimes complains if its logfile
is nonexistant.
: Is my printcap correct? Do I need to have a file /dev/printer? What permissions
/dev/printer is automatically created, if it is needed.
: should lpr,lpq,lprm, the spool file/directories have? (I've tried those listed
: in the README/FAQ without success)
do the following
chown root.bin lpr lpq lprm
chmod 4755 lpr lpq lprm