On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> E.g. printing from Suse on hp5c, results in
>
> rainer# lpq -P hp5c
> rainer# lpq -P hp5a
> Printer: lp is lp@localhost
> Printer: lp@rainer 'HP LaserJet 5M (0.141)'
> Queue: no printable jobs in queue
> Status: server finished at 16:14:41
>
>
> Removing the cf..., df..., and hf... file from the spool directory by hand,
> brings the service back to life.
>
> I noticed, that the Suse system adds more information for the control file as
> e.g. a Solaris machine:
LPRng crashes if the hostname in the control file cannot be resolved
to IP address. Try adding your suse host's name in the DNS or
/etc/hosts on the print server and if it causes the problem to
disappear, file a bugreport against lprng.
greetings
endre
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