[plug] RedHat 6.2 Printer problem.

[Jason Nicholls]

G'day Len,

On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 11:16:40PM -0400, Len Bird wrote:
> I have RH 6.2 running on this machine,  which seems to be working for
> the most part,
> but  will not print  out. I know about the "printtool" utility, but if I
> try to run a test page
> an error message tells me that the print daemon will not start.


Try to narrow down the problem:

	- is "lpd" actually running, try:
		$ ps axuwww | grep lpd | grep -v grep

	- if it's not running, then try to start it with:
		$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd start
	  (and check /var/log/messages for any error messages)

	- if it is running, try looking at the printer status:

		$ cat /var/spool/lpd/<printername>/status
		(<printername> is probably lp unless you set it up as
		something different).

Later,

Jason Nicholls
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