shgoh@marvax.Berkeley.EDU (Seow-Hiong Goh) (11/07/89)
I am having problems setting up a print queue from my SparcStation to a laser printer connected to a VaxStation GPX/II. I have set up the necessary entries in /etc/printcap: lp|ps|postscript|PostScript:\ :lp=:rm=marvax:rp=lp:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lp: and also set up the /etc/hosts.equiv file. The problem is that I can successfully print from the SparcStation the first time, but immediately after that, on an lpq, I get this: % lpq no entries watt: Warning: lp is down: sending to marvax watt: Warning: lp queue is turned off This is problem is removed only if I went into the spool directory, and removed the 'lock' file manually. After that, the queue becomes normal again: % lpq no entries Does anyone have any idea why the SparcStation is doing this? I have another Dec3100 connected on the ethernet, and i made the same changes to the Dec3100, and the print queue on that side appears to work fine. I deeply appreciate any help that anyone can offer. Seow-Hiong Goh System Manager Mechanical Engineering Dept UC Berkeley (shgoh@marvax.Berkeley.EDU)