I bet it's a Samba bug though. And don't you know, I've been having the same problem and never realized that that was the common factor!
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - New Jersey Medical School - C630 On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Van Sickler, Jim wrote: > Shane's using LPRng... > > sounds like a bug to me... > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Drinkwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Samba] my printers are still paused in Win2k and WinNT 4.0 > > > Jim and the samba list, > Ok I think I have found part of my problem. I have a question for you.. What > is the difference between these two outputs... > [root@localhost etc]# lpq -P thisisalongtest > Printer: thisisalongtest@localhost > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > [root@localhost etc]# lpq -P thisisaoff > Printer: thisisaoff@localhost > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > or > [root@localhost etc]# lpq -P csq_office_a > Printer: csq_office_a@localhost (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Active connection from 172.27.1.2 > [root@localhost etc]# lpq -P csqoffficea > Printer: csqoffficea@localhost > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > .... > The answer is off is in the name of the printer!!!! thats right > thisisalongtest works ok but and printer with office or even off in the name > shows paused. Is this a bug????? > > Shane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Van Sickler, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:15 PM > To: 'Shane Drinkwater' > Cc: Samba-L (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [Samba] my printers are still paused in Win2k and WinNT 4.0 > > > Ain't this fun?!? :-( > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shane Drinkwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:27 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Samba] my printers are still paused in Win2k > > and WinNT 4.0 > > > > > > Jim, > > Again no dice. This is a very strange problem!?! I am now debating to > > compile LPRng with done_jobs=0 to see if that works( at this > > point I doubt > > it). > > I might have missed a clue - is the printer saying it's Paused, > or the last job printed saying that it's Paused after being printed? > > :done_jobs=0 relates to the printed job, not the printer... > > Do you have guest ok=yes in the printer's subsection > in smb.conf? > > e.g. > [HP4Plus] > guest ok=yes > > or > > [Printers] > guest ok=yes > > > > > I also have some more interesting data for the problem > > 1.)The HP 4m printer all of a sudden started to work it showed > > "ready"!! I come back about 5 mins later and it showed > > "pause" again???? > > This means other print jobs on the printer are affecting the > > samba print queue... > > See if it shows Paused when it's in Power Save mode, and > Ready when it's in Ready mode. > > If the JetDirects are 10/100, try setting them to 10MHz/Half Duplex > and see if it changes anything. 100Base-TX Full Duplex doesn't > do much ack/nack'ing, IIRC. > > > 2.) I have switched everything over to tcp 9100 and > > back again to > > lpd after testing the done_jobs parm still no fix..... > > I've used both-9100 may enable Bi-Directional comms; raw > doesn't, IIRC. > > > 3.) I have never printed a job on this server it is a test. I > > figured that print_jobs=0 means that lprng keept old jobs > > around to so I > > cleared out all of the queues and reset up the printers. again paused > > printer,, With no print jobs ???? > > That's what made me think about whether the printer status was Paused, > and not the print job... > > > 4.) Is CUPS better for communicating status info with > > samba? I would > > hate to switch to CUPS since CUPS looks more complicated. > > Me too... > > > 5.) is there a way to get samba to kick out more > > detailed info about > > the printer status( or what it thinks is the printer status). > > Kick the log level up to 3 for more, up to 10 for a LOT more... > > > 6.) I am checking the status by double clicking on the computer. > > then the printers share on that computer. I then click on a > > printer and wait > > for the refresh on my win2k to say ready or fail.... > > Were these printers installed when using an older version of > samba? If so, try adding "disable spoolss=yes" > and "use client driver=yes" to [Global] in smb.conf > then restart samba and see if they're still flaky. > > > Jim > > > > Shane > > Any Ideas are helpful!!! > > > > P.S. The Damm printer show ready again as I write you this > > message. I will > > check it in the morning.. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Van Sickler, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:17 PM > > To: 'Shane Drinkwater' > > Cc: Samba-L (E-mail) > > Subject: RE: [Samba] my printers are still paused in Win2k > > and WinNT 4.0 > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shane Drinkwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:02 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Samba] my printers are still paused in Win2k and WinNT 4.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > I have placed the done_jobs in my lpd.conf and it didn't fix > > > the problem. > > > > try done_jobs=0 > > > > (maybe the space between = 0 is causing it to be ignored?) > > > > > How can the done jobs parm effect the samba system if the > > > queues don't list out any jobs to print??? > > > > If you look in your lpd spool dir, you'll see the last > > job is still there; LPRng knows it's purpose, but > > samba doesn't...lpq will tell you that there are > > no printable jobs, but samba sees it as Paused... > > > > I'm running OpenBSD, and putting it in lpd.conf didn't > > fix it for me, either. Putting :done_jobs=0 in the > > .common section worked for me. > > > > Here's a snippet of my /usr/local/etc/printcap: > > ------------------------------------------------ > > .common:cm=Common > > Settings:done_jobs=0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:mx=0:sh:lf=log \ > > :lpd_force_poll=:lpd_poll_time=30:max_servers_active=0 > > > > hp4plus:cm=HP4Plus by Graphics PC:tc=.common:rm=149.158.23.170:rp=9100 > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Maybe this will help. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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