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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Printer daemon
Date: 25 Jun 1993 15:07:22 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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References: <20bbj8$m20@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> <20bqse$l7s@Germany.EU.net>
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In article <20bqse$l7s@Germany.EU.net> bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes:
>
>In article <20bbj8$m20@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu>, altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alex Tang) writes:
>|> I do a lpc to start the daemon, and it says starting, but still nothing.
>
>You need to start the daemon: lpd (the last letter being the fourth letter of
>the alphabet) *and* start the printer system by "lpc up all" or the like.
>
But all printers having started is the default after lpd start. (And
lpd is usually being started by /etc/rc, there's a couple of lines.)
Don't forget to set up you /etc/printcap, especially you'll have to
create the error log file (file name in /etc/printcap), if it ain't
already there, create it as an empty file (with right permissions
for lpd to write there). Check /var/log/messages, any trouble with
lpd is reported there.
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