Can't print from remote lpd (Solaris) box - FIXED :-(

Daniel Rawson daniel.rawson at take.this.out.asml.com
Fri Jul 2 10:49:26 PDT 2004


Daniel Rawson wrote:
> daniel.rawson at take!this!out!asml.com wrote:
> 
>> I have a Solaris 9 (Intel) box with CUPS installed and working.  I can 
>> print from the local box and from my Windows box via samba.
>>
>> However, I can't print from a remote Solaris (SPARC) box.
>>
>> The printers.conf entry on the remote computer looks like:
>>
>> dj:\
>>         :bsdaddr=hostname,dj810,Solaris:
>>
>> If I attempt to print to this printer, I get a message that looks like:
>>
>> $ Jul  2 11:39:38 <hostname> lp[2088]: Warning: Received SIGPIPE; 
>> continuing
>>
>>         Message from root on <hostname> (???) [ Fri Jul  2 11:39:38 ] ...
>>
>>         Error transfering print job 241
>>                  check queue for (dj810@<remote-host>)
>> <EOT>
>>
>> There's NOTHING in the cups log files when this happens, even in 
>> debug2 mode.
>>
> fyi, cups-lpd IS in inetd.conf, but I'm not sure how to check if it 
> launched . . . .:
> 
> printer  stream  tcp  nowait lp  /opt/sfw/cups/lib/daemon/cups-lpd   
> cups-lpd
> 
> Dan
Oops.  Please ignore the short-circuit between the seat and the keyboard . . .  the original 'in.lpd' line was STILL in inetd.conf on the CUPS server. Once I removed it, everything started working!

Sorry!

Dan




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