Re: Print spooling, SMB browsing, communism and other mishaps
Jesse Wolfe wrote:
> i've finally decided to give up and ask a question instead of trying
> to understand some particularly bad 1. Printing. i've got a Canon
> BJC-4200. I'm using kernel 2.2.5.I can echo "Hello" > /dev/lp0 and get
> it on paper. i cant get lpr to actually do anything even after i
> checked the printcap file (it was lp1 but changing it didnt solve the
> problem). 2. Samba... I'm using 2 ip addresses and samba loves the
> second interface only-- i have them both installed in smb.conf but it
> wont contact any computer on the first subnet (i'm probably
> cheating... there's no wins server or anything). I got LinNeigborhood
> (altavista told me 'bout it)... it says browsing does not work (sorry
> i dont have it verbatim)
With the 2.2 series, I think they have changed the device name for the
parallel port. You should edit your printcap
file to make it points to /dev/lp0. Then did you do a /etc/init.d/lpd
stop; /etc/init.d/lpd start??
Hope it helps...
Shao.
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