Re: printing stopped working--any ideas?
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:31:58 -0700, Luke Call wrote:
> >Please post the output of lsmod, the end several lines of
>/var/log/lpr.log,
> >/etc/printcap, and /var/log/cups/error_log. This may give some
> >indication of what's going on.
> >Steve
>
>Here's the lsmod output:
> Module Size Used by
> vmmon 18436 0 (unused)
> rtc 5272 0 (autoclean)
>
Where are your lp and parport modules?
>
>Here is the recent /var/log/lpr.log output (just after a failed print job):
> Jan 6 19:45:11 lacall-hat lpd[230]: restarted
> Jan 8 07:01:06 lacall-hat lpd[200]: restarted
> Jan 9 18:16:56 lacall-hat lpd[230]: restarted
>
>Here is /etc/printcap:
># /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5).
># You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for
># your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and
># the printcap(5) manual page for further details.
>
>lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
> :pl#66:\
> :pw#80:\
> :pc#150:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
>
># rlp|Remote printer entry:\
># :lp=:\
># :rm=remotehost:\
># :rp=remoteprinter:\
># :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
># :mx#0:\
># :sh:
>
This looks like mine (working).
>
>Note that I can't even cat filename > /dev/lp0. Absolutely nothing
>happens that I can see. Also, when I Print from Gimp (I have a CUPS and
>gimp-print setup), then check "lpstat", I briefly see something in the
>queue, then it disappears without any action to the printer. And this
>was all working a month ago before I started messing with kernels; still
>stumped; I thought I'd changed everything back to how it was!
>
Looks like you forgot to re-install the drivers.
gt
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
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