On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 09:57:06PM -0700, Tim Darby wrote: > Here's the output: > ~> ls -ld /var/run > drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 Nov 21 23:14 /var/run > ~> ls -ld /var > drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 Aug 21 22:44 /var > > I agree; this is really bizarre-o. > > One other data point, fwiw: This machine, I'm pretty sure, started out with > a fresh install of DF 2.6, which was then upgraded via source to 2.8 and > this is the first time I've used it to print. If I can find a spare > machine, I'll try a fresh install. Would a vkernel make a good test?
This issue is in HEAD as well. I'm working on a fix. In the mean time you can add yourself to the wheel group to get printing working. Thanks, Joe > > Thanks, > Tim > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Garance A Drosihn <dro...@rpi.edu> wrote: > > > On 11/22/10 9:41 PM, Tim Darby wrote: > > > Here's the output: > > > > > > srwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 0 Nov 21 23:14 /var/run/printer > > > uid=1001(tim) gid=1001(tim) groups=1001(tim) > > > > > > and this is the error I'm seeing: > > > > > >> /usr/bin/lpr -PHPLaser /home/tim/test > > > lpr: Unable to connect to /var/run/printer: Permission denied > > > lpr: Check to see if the master 'lpd' process is running. > > > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > > > > > > What is the output from: ls -ld /var/run > > And maybe: ls -ld /var > > although I'd be pretty surprised if /var was the problem. > > > > Seems strange that several people are seeing this. I can't > > imagine what's going on, so all I can do is make some wild > > guesses at it. > > > > -- > > Garance > > g...@freebsd.org (lpr/lpd guy for FreeBSD) > >
