--=-CADuRhAV9UWai4Iv7tXd Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Part of the readme for cups says it overwrites your current lpd... So, configure cups and you should be okay... nathan On Tue, 2001-09-18 at 17:27, Rick Rosinski wrote: > > Are you using the BSD Line printing daemon that comes with slackware, o= r > > are you using cups? (Common Unix Printing System -- www.cups.org) >=20 > I have been using the Linux Printing Daemon forever, and it worked nicely= ,=20 > even under Slackware 8.0. I have downloaded, compiled, and installed cup= s,=20 > but I haven't configured it. Maybe this is the problem - maybe cups disa= bles=20 > lpd during installation. I was planning on testing cups after recompilin= g=20 > kde. >=20 > > Curious because I have had loads of problems with Star Office and Open > > Office not seeing my printer setup, unless I have cups installed. I > > never install the BSD-lpd because cups is sooo nice. >=20 > The lpd is all I have ever used, with old dj-print filters (using=20 > /etc/printcap) I found years ago. StarOffice worked wonderfully with the= se. >=20 > > Have you tried any *other* text editor, obviously you can print from th= e > > line, so I'm assuming it's just star office that you have this problem > > in. >=20 > I *cannot* print from line. "lpq: Unable to contact server!", and lpc=20 > doesn't show that any printers are installed at all, like it used to "st= atus=20 > psjet", etc. This, I had mentioned before. >=20 > > Check your /etc/rc.d/rc.M and make sure this is in it... > > > > if [ -x /usr/sbin/lpd ]; then > > echo "Starting the BSD line printer spooler daemon: /usr/sbin/lpd" > > /usr/sbin/lpd >=20 > All there, and there was an lpd process found using "ps -A" in an xterm=20 > (which I mentioned before) >=20 > > And check /var/log/packages/ and make sure that lpd is installed. I've > > seen it get installed from some other package, not bsd-lpd and it > > doesn't work correctly. >=20 > I will not even check here, because it was working fine for the longest t= ime=20 > (maybe the cups disabled lpd somehow). > > > > But I'm pretty sure it's Star Office. Just put cups on it. (and qtcups > > , Kups) > > are nice as well! >=20 > I will have to play with cups and see what's up. I am "green" on cups. >=20 > > > > Oen Tue, 2001-09-18 at 00:58, Rick Rosinski wrote: > > > I can't print. When I try "lpq", I get "lpq: Unable to contact > > > server!". I did a "ps -A" in an xterm and saw a process for "lpd". = I > > > can't figure this out. I could reboot and that might fix it, but I w= ant > > > to know how I can fix it without rebooting. I tried printing from > > > StarOffice, and when that failed, I tried printing to a ps file, and = ran > > > "lpr -Ppsjet file.ps" which works fine, usually. I am using Slackwar= e > > > 8.0, KDE 2.2, and StarOffice 5.2. > > > > > > Any suggestions? >=20 --=20 "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -- Albert Einstein --=-CADuRhAV9UWai4Iv7tXd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA7qDcG8roUgVY5MsERAoS5AJ9NqHG4i2gH1qxMYdiTo5AuUfn4WQCgjGVN cMcws3X/YX+kBcaVPOesc2g= =h82V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-CADuRhAV9UWai4Iv7tXd--