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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