Printer Problem

[Mark Welborn]

Oh yeah the /var directory....stupied me...it was only 100%
full....lol...darn, I don't know why I didn't check this before posting.
I made the /var partition much large and everything works perfect.

Thanks Jeremy and all that replied.   :-)

Regards,

Mark Welborn
Network Administrator
Electro-Motor, Inc.
markw at electromotor.com
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http://www.electromotor.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Anderson" <jeremy at plunketts.net>
To: <markw at electromotor.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Printer Problem


> markw at electromotor.com wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been away from the list for a while...I guess I need to read
> > this list everyday and it might make me smarter...lol.
> >
> > I have Filepro version 4.8.10 on a RH Linux 7.2 machine.
> > I use the print command:  'lpr -P<printer name>' in Filepro's Printer
> > Maintenance.
> >
> > For the past four years we have had no problems sending print jobs to
> > networked and local printers.  About two weeks ago all print jobs
> > stopped working when initiated from Filepro.
>
> What's your filesystem consumption look like?
> df -h
> I'd start to wonder if /var/spool is filled, or if permissions got
> horked up on /var/spool/lpd or something.
> Are you using LPRng or CUPS?  rh7.2 _should_ default to LPRng.
> Check your system logs.  Any weird recent logins?  You could be looking
> at the symptoms if hackage.  :(
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> -- 
> Jeremy Anderson       jeremy (at) plunketts.net
> IT Manager, Plunkett's Pest Control   Author, Multitool Linux
>
>
>