Re: lpd: daemon not started.
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Justin Settle wrote:
> I can't seem to print anything out with lpd + magicfilter. I can cat
> file out to the printer and I believe that magic filter is setup
> correctly. The problem is that if I do a lpc status it says "no daemon
> present". I do a lpc up all and it says daemon started but if a lpc
> status is done again it reply's no daemon is present. lpr <filename>
> does nothing - the printer doesn't move and the file never appears in
> lpq.
Is the daemon running? Try "ps ax" to see.
If not, try running the daemon directly from a command line and use
the options to place in the foreground and debugging on. See the
lpd manpage for details.
$ /usr/sbin/lpd -L /var/log/lpr.log -F -D debug=5
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Jean Pierre
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