Re: lpr doesn't work under woody
I had the same problem. I noticed that /var/spool/lpd has different
group/ownershipin woody, so I simply replaced my /var/spool/lpd
directory in woody with that from potato (I did a cp -p to preserve
ownerships and permissions). After that everything worked fine.
Lars.
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Vittorio wrote:
> While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson
> StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody
> from scratch I cannot print any longer.
>
> I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right
> filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail!
>
> When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens.
>
> I've checked the connection with my printer issuing:
> echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp
> and the file is printed regularly.
>
> What should I check now to make the printer work?
>
> Vittorio
>
>
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