On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 11:00:24AM -0700, itz@californiadigital.com wrote: > I'd like to set up Xprint to be started on demand through inetd. The > README.Debian file hints that it is possible but it doesn't give any > specific advice or examples. I could simply charge ahead but I am > the worrying type, so these questions come to mind: > > 1/ how does the client (Mozilla) know on which X display to contact > the Xprint daemon? It seems when Xprint is started the "official" way, > from an initscript, the initscript sets up a file in /var/run or /tmp > listing the available displays. But if it's started on demand, that > list obviously won't exist. > > 2/ how does the Xprint daemon itself know it is being run through > inetd, and so it should run the protocol on stdin/stdout rather than > listen on a socket? There's no _documented_ option to tell it so > (the whole manpage for the daemon seems to be just a customized copy > of the Xserver manpage). > > TIA for answers, hints, or pointers. It might be wise to direct these questions to xprint@packages.debian.org. -- G. Branden Robinson | Quantum materiae materietur marmota Debian GNU/Linux | monax si marmota monax materiam branden@debian.org | possit materiari? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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