On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 15:05, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > 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. > > HTH, > Jeffrey And if there is lots of heat, light and smoke, get the fire extinguisher - it is not *totally* impossible for printers to catch fire. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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