Re: lpd: daemon not started.
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 12 Sep 1999, Justin Settle wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 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.
I got something similar with lprng "no server present", I think. Turns
out there were some left over control files in my /var/spool/lpd
directories. By stopping lprng, deleting them and starting lprng
again it allowed me to print again.
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Ashley Clark
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