Re: need help setting up remote printing using _lprng_ under Sarge [solved]

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:17:30PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Monday February 28 2005 06:24, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > Setting up lprng (3.8.28-2) ...
> > Starting printer spooler: Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'
> > invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed.
> 
> Those errors are most often caused by another program already using the port. 
> Try running
> 
> netstat -antp
> 
> and see what comes up for port 515 on that list. Disable the culprit.
> 
There was an old copy of lpd from prior work on lpr(old) listening on the port.
And its nice to know about netstat.

Thanks.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net