Re: [Sheflug] Printing

[Richard Lowe <nospam [at] btinternet.com>]

* Ian Wright (Ian [at] iw63.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a printing problem that i don't seem to be able to sort out. I've
> just hooked a printer up to a linux box which hasn't had one on before and
> tried to do some test prints - and got no output. The box is running RH6.2.
> When I look at the print spooler window I see the files there but, in the
> 'error' window is a message saying 'there is no daemon present'.  If I
> reboot the system I see a message as it starts up saying 'starting lpd - OK'
> and I can see this file in /var/spooler.  I've tried restarting lpd from the
> console and from the printertool but it makes no difference.  Can anyone
> help please?
> 

I've no experience with 6.2, but in 6.1 there was a module alias missing
from /etc/conf.modules (or /etc/modules.conf) that gave me a similar
error,

Look for the line:

alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

and if it isnt there add it, restart lpd and try.

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