> This one time, at band camp, Marc Shapiro said: > > A few days ago my system just stopped printing anything. Nothing > > through Netscape. Nothing through WordPerfect. Nothing with 'lp > > filename'. Even if, as root, I do a 'cat filename > /dev/lp0', I get > > nothing. > > > > If I do 'lpq' it says : > > > > Printer: lp@local 'HP Deskjet 400' > > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > > Server: no server active > > Status: job 'root@local+635' saved at 09:14:59.030 > > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size > > Time > > done mns@local+609 A 609 (STDIN) 9014 > > 09:08:42 > > done root@local+635 A 635 orphan_files 94 > > 09:14:58 > > > > The line that says 'no server active' is the one that disturbs me. What > > did I do wrong, and how do I fix it? > > /etc/init.d/<your_print_server> restart? > > Did you do an upgrade of it recently? Something that might have caused > it to be restarted that failed? Did you change anything? > > Steve
No. No upgrades. I have powered down the system completely and restarted. Twice. The results are the same. lpq still says 'no server active'. lprng gets started when the system reboots and I didn't see any errors on boot. Would the message get logged somewhere and not show on the console while the system is booting? -- Marc Shapiro "If you drink melomel every day, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will live to be 150 years old, Please visit "The Meadery" at: unless your wife shoots you." http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_shapiro/ -- Dr. Ferenc Androczi, winemaker, Little Hungary Farm Winery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]