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Re: lpq:cannot open connection to `lp@localhost' - Connection refused



I recently had a similar problem although I have only one printer.  For a
reason I could not determine, the lp-module of the kernel got lost and I
had to put it back by modconf (could also have used insmod). 

Johann

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Jan Krupa wrote:



> I have two printer installed on my Debian2.0 machine (the name of it say A):
> local lp and remote p22 which is installed on other debian2.0 machine (say B).
> 
> When I print from machine A using p22 printer to printer on machine B
> it seems work fine but after the printing is finished the lpq command
> gives the following message: 
> cannot open connection to `lp@localhost' - Connection refused
> and I cannot print on local printer.
> 
> lpc> start lp
> gives the same message.
> 
> It seems that lpd is stopped but
> 
> lpd
> gives no result.
> 
> Rebooting the machine starts lpd and again printing on remote printer
> and then  
> 
> Does anybody have some idea what is going wrong and how to
> get the printers to work properly?
> 
> 
> Jan
> ----------------
> Part of my /etc/printcap on machine A
> # Local printer hplj4mp :
> lp|hplj4mp:\
>         :lp=/dev/lp1:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4mp:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :lf=/var/spool/lpd/hpj4mp/lp-error.log:\
>         :sh:\
>         :sf:
> # Remote printer hplj5p 
> p22|hplj5p:\
>         :lp=:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/p22:\
>         :lf=/var/spool/lpd/p22/p22-error.log:\
>         :rm=B.name1.waw.pl:\
>         :rp=lp:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :sh:\
>         :sf:
> ----------------
> 
> an entry from /etc/hosts on machine B
> 
> ip_number_of_machine_A   A.name1.waw.pl     A
> 
> 
> ---------------
> 
> an entry from /etc/hosts.lpd on machine B
> 
> A
> 
> ---------------
> 
> 
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