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Subject: Re: RH6.1 lpd problem... From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:16:03 +0100 (CET) On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Dave Reed wrote: > > I'm new to the list here. Please forgive redundancy. I recently installed > > RH6.1 on a new Athlon box. Trying to set up a remote printer seems to be a > > problem. I did the exact same thing with a RH5.1 system on a laptop with no > > problems. Any record of any lpd problems? Get the lpr package from updates or rawhide. I recommend the latter. === Subject: RH 6.1 Printing problem From: Remi B <sherilyn.hope@fnac.net> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 22:12:23 +0100 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------882BCE825CC1D0C39CD62880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello :-) tried your suggestion, can recognise printer and even send data to it, but still cannot print normally! What gives,? Is this an lpd problem or a hardware problem? P.S. My Epson stylus color 440 worked fine under RH 6.0 On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Russell W. Behne wrote: > Ok, I've added that to my /etc/conf.modules and still: > cat testfile > /dev/lp0 > bash: /dev/lp0: No such device Ok, let's see if this is related to the modules... Do: insmod parport insmod parport_pc insmod parport_probe echo "Microsoft sucks" >/dev/lp0 and let me know if that fixed it. === Subject: Re: Remote printing? From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:11:11 +0100 (CET) On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Gustav Schaffter wrote: > Bernhard, > > OK. I have now tried with lpr-0.46.1 on both machines. Then I tried with > lpr-0.47.1 on both machines. Still, the same problem persists. To make > sure, I also purged the print queue as seen on the workstation before > trying. Did you restart lpd? (/etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart) ===