Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!mipsbx.lkg.dec.com!thomas
From: thomas@mipsbx.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Problem with printer??
Message-ID: <15553@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Date: 25 Sep 90 00:43:17 GMT
References: <22100016@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Sender: news@shlump.nac.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment
Lines: 17

In article <22100016@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kbesrl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>Hello,
>I have been unable to print on my line printer after I moved to Ultrix 4.0
>from 3.1.  The status message reads "no daemon present".  The error log file
>reads:
>/usr/lib/lpd: lp: cannot open /dev/lp0 ()
>I changed the protection on /dev/lp0, but it didn't help.

What does (as root) "cp /etc/printcap /dev/lp0" do?
What's the output of "ls -lg /dev/lp0"
What type of device is it supposed to be?


Matt Thomas                     Internet:   thomas@wrl.dec.com
DECnet-ULTRIX Development       UUCP:       ...!decwrl!thomas
Digital Equipment Corporation   Disclaimer: This message reflects my own
Littleton, MA                               warped views, etc.