RE: kernel: lp0 on fire ????
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 22:10, Narins, Josh 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.
> >
>
> I set my printer ablaze, and did not get this message.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
I guess you forgot to install the firealarm package.
Shri
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