[ILUG] Printer Problems

[Raymond Kelly]

Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> 
> > When I check the printer queue with klpq I have the message:
> >
> > "Warning No daemon present"
> >
> > What do I neet to restore and how?
> 
> ps -aux | grep lpd
> 
> to make sure that the 'lpd' daemon is running (line printer daemon)
> 
> if it isn't, then there should be an entry in the
> 
>         /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
> 
> directory of the format 'SNNlpd', where NN are both digits. Run
> '/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/SNNlpd start' to start the daemon again.
> 
> If there isn't such a file in the directory, then you need to
> create a new one, which you do by linking to the main init scripts
> in the '/etc/rc.d/init.rc' directory :
> 
>         cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
>         ln -s ../init.rc/lpd SNNlpd
> 
> where NN is a pair of digits again.
> 
> Once you've created a script in the rc3 directory, it'll automatically
> be started each boot, so you won't need to worry about manually
> starting it again.

or if you're too lazy to do all that & don't mind repeating the
following the next time you upgrade you're distro
add 
/usr/sbin/lpd  to the end of 

/etc/rc.d/rc.local under redhat 
or 
/sbin/init.d/boot.local under SuSE  (it's a link from /etc/rc.d )

ta
	Ray ...


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