[plug] RH6 and printing

[Arnold Kaars]

Thanks Damion,
I'll give that a try, the printcap file did have lp1 in there.
btw, do I have to reboot for it to take effect, or is there a handy
command to make it reread the printcap file?
Ta
Arnold
Damion Hill wrote:
> 
> Arnold,
> 
> Anthony's suggestion re samba will solve the problem of one of the
> messages popping up. The other message is about ncpfs which is
> to do with netware services.
> 
> I have found there is no need for either of these for the printing to
> work, they are really just warning messages about extended print
> services.
> 
> I suspect the problem you are having could be similar to what I
> found. RH6 refers to the printer port as lp0 (or lpt0 - sorry can't
> recall) whereas RH5.2 and lower referred to it as lp1. Check to
> make sure you have changed this in your /etc/printcap file or use
> the printtool to redefine your printer.
> 
> Cheers,
> Damion.
> 
> On 24 May 99, at 12:44, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 23 May 1999, Arnold Kaars Sijpesteijn wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > question from an infrequent list member and a lurker.
> > > I upgraded to RH6 from 5.2, and almost everything has gone ok.
> > > Except I lost my printer.  I can't print, when I try, I get
> > > permission denied and something about a service which can't be
> > > started.  When I run printtool I get the message Samba isn't
> > > installed, and some other service also, and it bombs out on me.
> > > What should I do to get the use of the printer back.  It's an Epson
> > > Stylus 600.
> >
> > Is the printre installed on your machine .. .ie does it plug into your lpt
> > port ??? or is it access over the network ????
> >
> > I don't really s'pose it matters ... If printtool has been built to
> > require samabe, which seem knida silly, then you'll need to install it:
> >
> > mount /mnt/cdrom
> > rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/samba*rpm
> >
> > should install sambe for you ..... give that a try and see what happens
> > ???
> >
> > Yours Tony.
> >
> 
> --
> Damion Hill
> dhill at wantree.com.au