On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 11:00:12 -0700, Luke Call wrote:
>When I try to print directly to /dev/lp0 from the command line ("cat
>filename.txt > /dev/lp0") nothing happens; printing from applications
>like gimp doesn't work either. It did work until recently, and I've
>tried various HOWTOs, searching the web, and taking the system back to
>the same configuration it had when it was working, but now I'm stumped
>and out of ideas. It's not the printer because it works when I boot
>windows instead. Any tips or things I could try?
>
>I'm using a debian "stable" system on intel, with some packages upgraded
>to "testing", and a 2.4.5 or 2.4.17 kernel. It did work with this
>configuration before, not sure what else I may have changed. Thanks in
>advance for any ideas, good or bad.
>
>Luke Call
Sounds like something I recently went through. Try:
# lpc enable { all | printer }
or
# lpc restart { all | printer }
One of those, I don't recall which, got me back up. RTFM, man lpc.
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Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
