Jesse Wolfe wrote: > i've finally decided to give up and ask a question instead of trying > to understand some particularly bad 1. Printing. i've got a Canon > BJC-4200. I'm using kernel 2.2.5.I can echo "Hello" > /dev/lp0 and get > it on paper. i cant get lpr to actually do anything even after i > checked the printcap file (it was lp1 but changing it didnt solve the > problem). 2. Samba... I'm using 2 ip addresses and samba loves the > second interface only-- i have them both installed in smb.conf but it > wont contact any computer on the first subnet (i'm probably > cheating... there's no wins server or anything). I got LinNeigborhood > (altavista told me 'bout it)... it says browsing does not work (sorry > i dont have it verbatim)
With the 2.2 series, I think they have changed the device name for the parallel port. You should edit your printcap file to make it points to /dev/lp0. Then did you do a /etc/init.d/lpd stop; /etc/init.d/lpd start?? Hope it helps... Shao. -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _____________________________________________________________________________
