Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:3640 comp.sys.att:7410 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cadillac!pebbles!ned From: ned@pebbles.cad.mcc.com (Ned Nowotny) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: 3b1: The lp daemon has left for the coast. Keywords: lp daemon oh, hell Message-ID: <2572@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM> Date: 28 Aug 89 17:45:11 GMT References: <2563@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM> Sender: news@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM Reply-To: ned%cad@MCC.COM (Ned Nowotny) Distribution: na Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, TX Lines: 33 In article <2563@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM> ned%cad@MCC.COM (Ned Nowotny) writes: > >Since installing a WD2010 and MS3085 and reinstalling the system software >and my own local files, the lp daemon seems to be on permanent vacation. > [ This is a reply to email received from . Unfortunately, our host tables have never heard of Hotline.Com ] [ suggested that lpsched must be run by the user, lp. ] Thanks for the suggestion, but no cigar. I had tried that and just tried it again. lpadmin followed by accept followed by enable followed by lpsched, the last both foreground and background. All were given appropriate arguments. All reported no errors. All returned 0 exit codes. Lpstat and ps still report that the scheduler is not running. In any case, lpsched is suid lp. Well, it worked before, but it doesn't work now. Back to the circuit board as they say. [ P.S. For those of you still reading this post, I have tacked an "ls -l" following a backgrounded (?) lpsched. And yes, indeed, both FIFO and SCHEDLOCK are being created in the /usr/spool/lp directory and then almost immediately removed as lpsched terminates. The only entries in my log file say "* STOPPED *" (where *s are replaced by useful information like the time of the log entry). Any ideas on how I can debug this thing? ] Ned Nowotny, MCC CAD Program, Box 200195, Austin, TX 78720 Ph: (512) 338-3715 ARPA: ned@mcc.com UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cadillac!ned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We have ways to make you scream." - Intel advertisement in the June 1989 DDJ.