Re: lpd: daemon not started.
Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
>
> 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.
The logging led me to find that magicfilter needs recode, which is not
installed as a dependency. My problem now is that I can print ascii
text but it does not complex a line feed. It won't print postscript or
dvi however which is a major problem.
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