Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:4811 comp.sys.dec:4195 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!mcanally From: mcanally@swift.cs.tcd.ie Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Problem getting LAT printers to work on Ultrix V4.0 Message-ID: <7124.270c660e@swift.cs.tcd.ie> Date: 5 Oct 90 10:53:02 GMT References: <7113.26fc941d@swift.cs.tcd.ie> Organization: Computer Science Department, Trinity College Dublin Lines: 28 In article <7113.26fc941d@swift.cs.tcd.ie>, michael@swift.cs.tcd.ie writes: > We are having problems getting printers going using ports on a DECSERVER-200 > under Ultrix version 4.0, even though these seem to work on Ultrix 3.0 and on > VMS 5.2. > > We think we have followed the instructions in the manual. > > Has anybody got LAT printers going under Ultrix 4.0 and did they have to do > anything special ? Thanks to all who responded to the newsgroup or directly be e-mail. Having followed the instructions in the manual, the one extra thing that needed to be done, was to check that daemon had access to the tty file used in /dev (e.g. /dev/tty03) to make the connection to the decserver. In /etc/rc.local we have an entry /etc/lcp -s -h /dev/tty03 and in /etc/printcap there must be an entry for the name of the decserver and the name of the port on the decserver that is used. e.g. :ts=DSB: :op=PORT_2: After /etc/printcap has been modified, the printer daemon lpd has to be killed and restarted. Thanks to all who helped sort out the problem. -- , Maire Mc Anally | eMail: mcanally@cs.tcd.ie Department of Computer Science, | Trinity College, | voice: +353-1-772941 ext 1695 Dublin 2, Ireland | FAX: +353-1-772204