Tony,
Did as you suggested.
# ps -aux |grep lpd
root 255 0.0 0.5 1144 536 ? S 12:20 0:00 lpd
root 550 0.0 0.5 1308 500 pts/0 S 12:23 0:00 grep lpd
Ran DrakConf. The lpd button was already clicked on.
I noticed that in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory there is a lock file. Is that in your
directory too?
>From reading the /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd text file, I conclude that a lock file is put
>in once printing begins, but is removed when the process ends. Is that your
>understanding?
Michael Coady
> You aren't running the line printer daemon, lpd, which handles the print
> jobs. In my current configuration with just the parallel printer I mentioned
> earlier I run both the cupsd and the lpd daemons.
>
> Do a 'ps -aux | grep lpd' and 'ps -aux | grep cupsd' to see if they are
> running as processes on your machine.
>
> [root@mypc tko]# ps -aux |grep lpd
> root 663 0.0 0.2 1440 608 ? S 18:14 0:00 lpd
> root 1403 0.0 0.2 1456 540 ttyp5 S 20:41 0:00 grep lpd
> [root@mypc tko]# ps -aux |grep cupsd
> root 650 0.0 0.9 4748 2472 ? S 18:14 0:04 cupsd
> root 1405 0.0 0.2 1456 540 ttyp5 S 20:41 0:00 grep cupsd
>
>
>
> If not then you can start them manually but normally they are started from
> the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory which is setup by the DrakConf.
>
> Run DrakConf and choose Startup Services from the menu and then select them
> (cups, lpd) from the window and choose OK. This will start them
> automatically on the next reboot.
