Hi,
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Scott Bronson wrote:
> We have a Sun print server here. All NT machines can print to it, but
> I'm unable to get my Linux machine to talk to it. Here's what I've
> done:
>
> My /etc/printcap:
>
>
> lp|hpj:
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj:
> :rm=ulysse.europe.opentv.com:
> :rp=printer_2:
> :lp=/dev/null:
> :sh:
>
> But, when I try to lpr, a small file, nothing happens except the
> following /var/log/messages entry:
>
> Feb 4 14:50:53 nikita lpd[837]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory
Hm. lpd is looking for /dev/lp. Did you restart ldp after making the
changes to /etc/printvap?
> And the job just sits in the lpq until I lprm it.
>
> Can someone tell me how to proceed? How do I make a network /dev/lp?
You can use YaST to setup network printers. Did you try it this way?
Bye,
LenZ
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