Re: [Sheflug] printing post cable modem

[Alex Hudson <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

On 06 Feb 2001 20:39:41 +0000, Matt Fairtlough wrote:
> Well, it seems I have lost lpd completely. Instead I have the following
> structure, where the files /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K60lpd and so on are links to
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd which DOES NOT EXIST.  


You probably deleted it ;))


>So I can't do lpd start,
> lpd stop or anything because there is no lpd.  Now how on earth could it
> have got deleted, and how have all those directories /etc/rc.d/rc<n>.d
> come into existence? 


You have /etc/rc.d/rc<n>.d directories? Eww, how completely weird!!
Doesn't sound normal at all..

. btw, I'm kidding. You know what run levels are? Those directories,
that's what. They govern what services start at what run level. I.e., if
'lpd' is supposed to be running in run level 3, there's a link from
rc3./ to init.d/. 'S' means 'run this entering the run level', 'k' means
'stop this when leaving the runlevel'. The number in between 'S' or 'K'
and the service name has no particular meaning - it just imposes an
ordering on the links so that you can specify which one you want run
when (i.e., 10 comes before 20).



> Thinks: reinstall linux (and all those packages?:-(


Do that and you lose all accumulated penguin points, I'm afraid!! 

Just 'rpm -e lpd', and then get the lpd rpm off your SuSE cd and 'rpm
-Uvh' it. Simple. :)



> bash# ls -R /etc/rc.d
> /etc/rc.d:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d:
> /etc/rc.d/rc0.d:


(blah, blah, snippity snip, etc..)

All completely normal. 

Just re-install lpd. You know it works when an 'ls --color' in one of
the rc<n>.d/ directories doesn't have flashing red things.... :)))

I think you'll find your problems are easily solved, don't be so afraid
of your machine!! They smell fear.

Cheers,

Alex.
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