[linux-help] Re: RH-7.2 Printer -

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> This is a simple local printer and I have been trying to test it with 
> the printtool ascii test
> or just ls | lpr.
> 

A LOCAL printer does not rely on the network at all.

These symptoms lead me to believe that print spooler for lp0 is defined 
as a network printer.

I would trouble shoot this by first using the gui printtool and removing 
the definitions for ALL printers.  Restart lpd as the last step of this.

Then go to /var/spool/lpd and remove everything under there if there is 
anything remaining.

finally, rerun the printtool and define a new printer making sure it is 
set as a local printer when defining it.

NOTE:  As part of setting up the printer you MUST select a driver.  I 
recently set up one and failed to define the driver.  I had similar 
results in that it printed (apparently) but nothing was actually sent to 
the printer.
       When I went back and edited the configuration to put in the 
driver it then worked perfectly.



> cat /etc/sysconfig/network produces this -
> 
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
> 
> And my command line prompt becomes -
> 
> [root@x1-6-00-04-5a-75-69-1e root]#
> 
> Ugly if nothing else and it uses too much space on the line.
> It is essentially the hardware address shown in ifconfig.
> 
> Now I can change HOSTNAME=box1
> 
> And the long hex number at the command prompt becomes box1 
> which is what I would prefer to call this computer once I get my 
> switch back from Linksys.
> 
> If I set 
> 
> NETWORKING=no
> 
> my dhcp connection to the cable goes away.  That seems reasonable?
> 
> But with this HOSTNAME [localhost.localdomain]  the print function 
> complains about a bad hostname, and I observe that when starting Window Maker 
> [startx] 
> a message flies past "unknown host" -
> 
> [root@x1-6-00-04-5a-75-69-1e root]# lpd
> 2002-08-19-15:32:28.107 Get_local_host: hostname 'x1-6-00-04-5a-75-69-1e' bad
> 
> If I change the HOSTNAME to box1 the print function lpd no longer protests 
> about 
> the "bad" name but no data seems to reach the printer in either case.
> 
> These problems came about after I last installed RH-7.2 from the CD set I 
> purchased from BestBuy 
> and which worked without a hitch before.  In fact the system is near perfect 
> except for the 
> inconvenience of not being able to print and I don't know enough to 
> troubleshoot it properly. It seems 
> that I have something messed up in an initialization file but I can't find it.
> 
> The reinstallation came about after I lost a lot of equipment in a lightning 
> stroke! Originally I had 
> box1 networked with box2 via a Linksys 5 port switch and the whole mess 
> worked nicely.  
> 
> If you can make any sense out of these symptoms?  I read and try to 
> apply everything sent me ...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob G
> 
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