RE: kernel: lp0 on fire ????
> Quoting Shri Shrikumar <shri@urbyte.com>:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I got this very interesting logcheck email with this line
> >
> > Mar 6 14:24:35 server kernel: lp0 on fire
> >
> > What does this mean - I can confirm that there is no actual
> fire as of
> > yet but it does have me worried - any thoughts ?
> >
>
> Ahh, geek humor. It means that the parallel port status bits were set
> to a pattern that the printer driver doesn't understand. If it is was
> momentary, ignore. If there was a real problem, fix it and ignore.
> If you have something besides a printer on the parallel port, you have
> a configuration problem. Perhaps "alias lp0 off" in /etc/modules.conf
> or somewhere in the /etc/modutils/ tree.
>
I set my printer ablaze, and did not get this message.
Am I doing something wrong?
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