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Re: comment and questions about the current 'comps' file for 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Tue Feb 9 20:24:35 1999
To: Jacob Strauss <jastr@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 09 Feb 1999 20:23:46 -0500
In-Reply-To: Jacob Strauss's message of Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:13:48 -0500
Ah.. We don't ship /usr/athena/etc/lpd. Jacob, feel like trying
/srvd/usr/athena/etc/lpd and seeing if that works with local printers?
-derek
Jacob Strauss <jastr@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> >> > we want to have installed by default. I was wondering if we should
> >> > remove the 'lpr' package more thoroughly? I don't know how much it
> >> > conflicts with athena-lpr, in particular in the Printer Support
> >> > component.
> >>
> >> We want to have local printer support available
> >> and easy to set up using printtool. For this,
> >> the local lpr stuff is possibly crucial.
> >> I could be wrong, but it's worth testing.
> >
> >Can someone test if printtool will work with the athena-lpr package?
> >It would be nice if we can just replace lpr with athena-lpr in all
> >cases.
>
> I have both athena-lpr and lpr installed with the 5.2 beta. Athena-lpr
> does not work with my local printer, though the athena versions of
> lpq and lpc do work with it. With both packages installed, printtool does
> work. However, /usr/athena/bin/lpr only works with athena printers,
> and /usr/bin/lpr only works with local printers. /usr/athena/bin/lpr
> always complains that the local queue is disabled:
>
> <20:06>rothenburg:~ % which lpr
> /usr/athena/bin/lpr
> <20:06>rothenburg:~ % lpr -Plp foo.ps
> Printer queue is disabled.
> <20:07>rothenburg:~ % lpc status
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> no daemon present
>
> It'd be nice if athena-lpr worked, as that would make it much simpler,
> but the lpr package seems to be necessary for local printers.
>
> (I could also have something installed wrong, but I haven't changed
> any of the defaults other than to run printool.)
>
> -Jacob
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