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From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Printtool in Openwindows 2 hangs
Keywords: SunOS 4.1.1 on a Sun3/50
Message-ID: <5388@trantor.harris-atd.com>
Date: 31 Jan 91 13:50:23 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.101618.19319@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>
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In article <1991Jan30.101618.19319@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>, ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch) writes:
> I was wondering if anyone had come across the following.  I am trying to get
> printtool to work on my 3/50.  Whenever I run it, it hangs in a non-killable
> mode.  I am able to print etc fine from the machine, it is only printtool that
> dies.

     Make sure you comment out any nonexistent printers in your printcap.
Printtool is really annoyed by printers which are defined in printcap but
don't exist.  Since just about every site has some archetypal Berkeley
printer defined, printtool has a heart attack.  We cfixed up our printcap
and printtool was happy.

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