| Jean-David Beyer 2004-11-27, 5:45 pm |
| W. Watson wrote:
> OK, Jean-David, and Lenard. Let's take a deep breath here, and relax.
> I'm trying to avoid the pejorative. First, thanks for clarifying the
> acronymns.
>
> Let's see if this helps. From the uname -a I get:
>
> Linux AstroPC_2004 2.4.20-6 #1 Thu Feb 27 10:01:19 EST 2003 i686 athlon
------------ --------
^ ^
Your Mach Id.>--| |---<<< Your kernel (out of date)
> i386 GNU/Linux.
You should get something like this for the most up to date RHL 9 you can find.
Linux AstroPC_2004 2.4.20-31.9 #1 SMP Tue Apr 13 17:40:10 EDT 2004 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> I seriously doubt I had the year right when I installed this product. It
> was installed early this year, so 2004 is the date, and not 2003.
_Thu Feb 27 10:01:19 EST 2003_ is the date the kernel was built. Probably
true. It looks like a typical RHL9 installation that was never kept up to
date.
>
> Just before the login screen I see exactly: Redhat Linux Release 9
> (Shrike). It would be good to know how to stop the quick transition
> between the text screen and graphic screen. Perhaps you know?
>
> If I enter reboot, the text starts scrolling, and I see again exactly:
> Redhat Linux Release 9 (Shrike).
Everything you show so far appears to be a typical Red Hat Linux 9
installation that was never kept up to date.
>
> CD #1, I have nine total (an interesting coincidence), the CD label says
> exactly: "Red Hat *Enterprise* Linux *WS* version 3 for the x86
> architecture"
I infer that the CDs to which you refer _have nothing to do_ with the
software installed on your machine. They appear to be the CD-ROMs for a
RHEL 3 WS system.
>
> I believe you are correct in saying this is RH distribution 9. There is
> probably no GNU Linux 9.x.y-zz designator. That is, the 9 refers to some
> internal RH nomenclature.
Not just internal. That is what they publically print on the boxes and
documentation and CD-ROMs of a Red Hat Linux 9 system.
>
> How do you want me to refer to this product in the future given this info?
Which product? The one that seems to be installed on your machine (RHL 9)
or the one for which you have CD-ROMs (RHEL 3 WS)?
>
> With regard to the printer. Cups is running according to the Service
> Configuration Tool. The printer is a Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 812C. It
> works fine in every respect on the W2000 boot of the same machine with
> Linux. W2000 thinks it's on LPT2, which looks right to me. When I do an
> lpr to my printer, I get a message that states,
> "server-error-service-unavailable". I get the same message from the
> printer when I try to use the Test (Cups) from the print mgr. The
> Printer Config tool shows that I'm using /dev/lp1.
>
> What else would you like to know?
>
I guess we are getting to where we can start on this.
1.) You have a system running an out of date Red Hat Linux 9 installation.
2.) You have a local printer (Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 812C) connected to
parallel port /dev/lp1.
3.) It is acting as though you do not have printing enabled.
If you run _ps fax | less_, do you find a printer daemon in the listing?
I.e., is the printer daemon running?
797 ? S 0:00 lpd Waiting (On my RHL9 system)
OR
474 ? S 1:35 cupsd (On my RHEL 3 ES system)
You need one or the other.
Is your /etc/printcap file OK? On my RHL9 system, it says:
# /etc/printcap
#
# DO NOT EDIT! MANUAL CHANGES WILL BE LOST!
# This file is autogenerated by printconf-backend during lpd init.
#
# Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be included.
lp:\
:ml#0:\
:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/lp.acct:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ <---<<< Yours should probably say /dev/lp1
:lpd_bounce=true:\
:if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
########################################
##################################
## Everything below here is included verbatim from /etc/printcap.local
##
########################################
##################################
# printcap.local
#
# This file is included by printconf's generated printcap,
# and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers.
Do you have the rest of the configuration files for a printer. The current
version is 0.6.47.11-1.i386.rpm
/usr/bin/redhat-config-printer-tui
/usr/bin/redhat-config-printer
/usr/bin/redhat-config-printer-gui
/usr/sbin/redhat-config-printer
/usr/sbin/redhat-config-printer-tui
/usr/sbin/redhat-config-printer-gui
If so, you might wish to use them to configure the printer.
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