Re: Printer Daemon (Update)

[Tim Darby <t+dfbsd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?

Thanks,

Tim

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@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
gad@FreeBSD.org  (lpr/lpd guy for FreeBSD)