--- Dennis Krinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried the apsfilter SETUP in > /usr/share/apsfilter ? > I was just having trouble seting up a printer with > magicfilter, > but apsfilter SETUP worked... Dennis Krinke > > On Monday 18 February 2002 08:59 pm, Steve Kennedy > wrote: > > Resent-Sender: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > The following message appeared after using dselect > to install gs-aladdin, > > magicfilter and lprng: > > > > Starting printer spooler: 2002-01-26-17:52:22.445 > Get_local_host: hostname > > 'debian' bad lprng. > > > > My /etc/hosts file is as follows: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > 216.191.62.2 stn.net > > > > My /etc/network/interfaces reads: > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > If I try to print I get the following error: > > Get_local_host: hostname 'debian' bad > > > > I don't understand what this error means - > "debian" was the default > > hostname when I installed the system. > > > > I'm running Woody with a 2.2.19 kernel with the > following modules: > > Module Size Used by > > ppp_deflate 39424 0 (autoclean) > > nls_cp437 3904 2 (autoclean) > > sb 33280 0 > > uart401 6148 0 [sb] > > sound 56480 0 [sb uart401] > > soundcore 2564 6 [sb sound] > > parport_probe 3392 0 (autoclean) > > parport_pc 7392 1 (autoclean) > > lp 4384 0 (unused) > > parport 7524 1 [parport_probe > parport_pc lp] > > dummy 976 0 (unused) > > bsd_comp 3936 0 > > ppp 20800 0 [ppp_deflate > bsd_comp] > > slhc 4304 0 [ppp] > > vfat 9216 1 > > fat 29312 1 [vfat] > > > > The printer is an HP > > DeskJet 932C. PPP and mail services work fine, but > I am unable to print. > > I've read man pages, printing docs and > linuxprinting.org. I tried > > installing CUPS but couldn't get it to see > localhost:631.Right now, I'd be > > satisfied getting the most basic printing going > using gs and lprng, but I'm > > stumped. Any advice? >
Thanks for the hint. I used apsfilterconfig to set up Apsfilter, and managed to print off a good-looking test page. But when I tried to print either an ASCII text or a .ps file I got the same "Get_local_host: hostname 'debian' bad" error message. Weird. Any other ideas?