Re: printing woes

[Wesley Leonard <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... I didn't see this the first time.

here are a few hints:

if you're not a security fiend, chmod 666 /dev/ttySo will leave the
serial port open for R/W by any and everyone.

I use lpc to monitor printer stuff.  Just enter a ? at the lpc> prompt
for info.

You can start/restart lpd this way.  You can always kill the lpd process
(to stop) and type lpd to start.
-- 
Wesley Leonard
marshall@pacdemon.org

http://www.pacdemon.org
"Death by misadventure"
	--Official cause of death of former AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott


Steve Poling wrote:
> 
> i take it nobody has anything useful to say on the subject
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Poling" <sdpoling@home.com>
> To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 8:37 PM
> Subject: printing woes
> 
> > Howdy,
> >
> > over the weekend, I downloaded RedHat 6.2 and installed it without a
> hitch.
> > Or I thought it was without a hitch, until a couple hours later when I
> tried
> > to print.
> >
> > 1. something wicked is happening to the lpd print daemon causing it to die
> > for reasons I don't undersstand. I've got my laser printer on /dev/ttyS0
> and
> > it's a serial printer set to 19200. what i *think* is happening is
> something
> > changed in one of the more recent kernels to tighten security or
> something,
> > and i have to do something to give the print daemon access ot the port. i
> > don't know know what that is. anybody know what I should check?
> >
> > 2. what's the "correct" way to restart the print daemon? i feel like a
> > microserf loser rebooting justa restart the print daemon.
> >
> > 3.my ink jet printer on the parallel port is still working, but it wants
> to
> > access the parport via polled access. i get a message that i hafta do
> > something with procfs to get interrupts turned back on. this has been with
> > me for a few weeks. any ideas?
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> > steve
> >