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On Sunday 29 January 2006 10:54, maxim wexler wrote: |
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> > One option to solve this is to emerge unix2dos and |
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> > use the following command |
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> > line: |
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> > unix2dos filetoprint.txt | lp -l |
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> After removing and re-installing cups and installing |
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> unix2dos got this: |
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> heathen@sarawak ~ $ unix2dos environment | lpr -l |
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> unix2dos: converting file environment to DOS format |
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> ... |
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> unix2dos: problems converting file environment |
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> lpr: error - scheduler not responding! |
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> I was sure it was because I had neglected to go to |
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> localhost631 first but |
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> trying to open the page in firefox got "connection |
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> refused" error. |
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> Only thing that comes to mind is that when I did |
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> emerge -pv cups it said some file(can't recall which) |
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> was being blocked by xpdf which I don't use so I |
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> removed it and cups went in OK. Long shot. |
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Sounds like cups wasn't started - does "/etc/init.d/cups restart" show any |
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errors? |
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The command line to unix2dos may need to be |
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unix2dos <environment | lpr -l |
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or |
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cat environment | unix2dos | lpr -l |
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Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW <manuel@××××××.org> <http://www.mclure.org> |
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...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, |
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no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft |
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