I got this email from a Debian user. He's happy now but i thought I would pass it on, sorry it's not much to go on. What happened was lpd was chewing up all...
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papowell@...
Jul 2, 2000 4:24 pm
... WARNING: You have an error in your entry - you should have: ps_a3= <</PageSize [842 1191] /ImagingBBox null>> setpagedevice Patrick Powell...
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papowell@...
Jul 2, 2000 5:42 pm
... It is NOT a good idea. It is a LOUSY idea. A HORRIBLE idea. A NASTY idea. And it is used in only a very few places with carefully contrived things like...
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papowell@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:19 pm
Folks, I really really really want to add better parallel port support to the LPRng on Linux, but it doesn't look like it will be soon. Here is the reply to...
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Raymond Lam
R.Lam@...
Jul 3, 2000 9:15 am
Hi Patrick, REF: Problem with page count in "acct" file =========================================== I have installed LPRng-3.6.19 and ifhp-3.3.17 on my SGI...
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Margrit.Lottmann@...
Jul 3, 2000 9:42 am
We have 1 HP8100 laser printer. The printer normally works good. Here is the printcap-Part from this printer: D_RTL1 ... We work with (ifhp v. 1.6) ps pjl pcl ...
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William R. Knox
wknox@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:19 pm
I second this issue, with the addition that not only is /tmp getting littered with temporary files that stay, so are the spool directories. The files in the...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:22 am
... BUG! BUG! Apply the patch at the end of this file, then rerun configure. Version 3.3.18 Mon Jul 3 18:57:11 PDT 2000 gs_unidriver entry had...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:02 am
Some interesting ideas here. I am cross posting this to the LPRng mailing list, as there are some VERY interesting facilities. I have noted where LPRng...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:06 am
... DONE! ... If you need help, send email to majordomo@... (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:32 am
... No. Sorry, been down that path and it runs over a cliff. ... if the :rw flag is set and the device is not a file then it opens it RW. Now sockets are...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:34 am
... I hope it is not there now!!! ... You are probably the only person that used this :-)... You can use 'as=start ....' to specify message format. You can use...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:35 am
... DONE! Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, papowell@... 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:45 am
... Yes. ... Yes. format: as=start $P ... this is a message for printing to the as=|/bin/path start this is a filter ... Yes. as=start $P...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:01 am
... Yes, this is also what I discovered. I also discovered that if I put an addition 'dummy null job' at the end, this did not happen. Oh, the JOYS of...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:06 am
... You are not picking up the correct version of 'file'. Make sure that you have /usr/local/bin BEFORE /usr/bin in your path. And then remove the configure...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:39 am
... Good Question. What errors do you get on the parallel port? Patrick ... If you need help, send email to majordomo@... (or lprng-requests or...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:54 am
... I do not think that the Apple 16/1600 supports bidirectional network connections, so you cannot get accounting information from it. You will have to use...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:54 am
... the file path name is there - be brutal and simply rewrite it. Or am I missing something? Patrick ... If you need help, send email to majordomo@......
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:58 am
... I will look at this. Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, papowell@... 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:18 am
... If there are jobs in the queue then the lpd server will periodically poll the printers. Do NOT sit in and endless loop. The metacode that LPRng is using...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:22 am
... Sorry, this is replaced by the 'lpc client' and 'lpc server' programs and options: h4: {68} % lpc client Config h4: {69} % lpc client lw4 Config Printcap...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:55 am
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, papowell@... 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 6:22 am
... I might add an option to do this, say, 'open_accounting_port', but it would not be provided by default. I am a bit puzzled on this. Right now you get...
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jarausch@...
Jul 4, 2000 6:28 am
... The LPRng despooler just hangs (possibly after having sent an init sequence). What debugging can I switch on to see where it hangs? Thanks, Helmut Jarausch...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 6:41 am
Fixed. LPRng 3.6.20 on Wednesday. patrick ... If you need help, send email to majordomo@... (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 6:57 am
... Use the ifhp tempfile option. This specifies the directory to use ... I have not the slightest idea. ... Again, not the slightest idea. ... Patrick...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 7:03 am
... Missing. Will add it. ... You need to use 'rpm -U', I will add instructions. ... If you need help, send email to majordomo@... (or lprng-requests ...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:43 pm
... Ummm... uh... the following says it all: Release LPRng 3.6.20 - Sun Jun 25 16:34:15 PDT 2000 One of the silly memory leaks that has been reported, tested...
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papowell@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:27 pm
... I just tested this, and the 'chooser facility' appears to do the same work. You need to modify your existing check_idle facility so that it does the...
