Re: [aclug-L] Printer Daemon Complains: "No Interfaces Found"

[Mohammad Islam <sohel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wasson,

Well, few things you can do... first check your /etc/printcap.. change
the lp0 to lp1 as your first lp interface ..stop and restart lpd and do
a cat somefile.txt > /dev/lp1 and see what happens.

Also you might want to check your bios.. and see how your parallel port
is setup..whether its setup as ecc or epp or auto or enabled. try
switching to different settings and see if that eliminate the problem or
not.

Hope this helps.

Best,

Mohammed

"T. Wasson" wrote:
> 
> My printer has worked in the past, and has quit.  Trying to decide what
> the problem is.
> 
> Version : RedHat 5.1 (2.0.35 kernel, no rebuilds or any hacking)
> Printer:  Okidata Microline 380 24 pin dot matrix (runs as epson 24 pin
> 180x180)
> Symptoms:
> lpc status shows the following"
> "queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 4 entries in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)"
> 
> lpr will spool things without complaint.  While at command line as root,
> I occasionally get the message "lp: daemon running but no interfaces
> found"
> 
> I checked, and I do have a /dev/lp0 file.
> Have turned printer on/off, taken off line, back online several times.
> Have shutdown system and restarted several times.
> Have switched out printer cables (don't think I've got two bad cables.)
> Have removed and reinstalled printer via Xbased Printer Configuration
> Tool.
> In the printer configuration tool, if I choose Test, Print ASCII
> directly to port, I get the following message:
> "Error printing test page to queue /dev/lp0
> Error reason: couldn't write file "/dev/lp0": no such device or address"
> 
> In the printer configuration tool, if I choose Add, Local, it does an
> auto detect, and shows that /dev/lp0, dev/lp1, and dev/lp2 were all not
> detected.
> 
> What's the next thing I should be checking?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim Wasson
> Wichita
> 
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