Re: Printer error (errata)

[Bill Pleasants <Pleasants@myfreei.com>]

My previous message got truncated.  I hope this gets through.

Ray Olszewski wrote:

> You don't give us much to go on, but since the problems seem to be 
> with name resolution, I'd suggest you tell us the details of your 
> system as they relate to that.
>
> First is your networking setup. Are you connected to a LAN or directly 
> to the internet? (I guess you must be if you are using MapQuest.) If 
> so, how?


This is a LANless computer connected to the internet by a 56K modem.

>
> More immediately, how does your system do name-to-address resolution? 
> Does it rely on /etc/hosts? If so, what are the contents of that file? 
> Or does it use a nameserver? If so, is it accessable? And what are the 
> contents of the /etc/resolv.conf file? 


I have some notion of what name-to-address resolution is for the 
internet but not what it is for the Linux OS.  /etc/hosts contains:
   "# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
   # that require network functionality will fail.
   127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain  

>
> Does the message really say "local host" rather than "localhost"? What 
> result do you get if (from the command line) you try "ping localhost"?

This is cut and paste:
    "[bill@localhost bill]$ lprm
    Get_local_host: 'localhost' IP address not available!"

    "[bill@localhost bill]$ ping localhost
    ping: unknown host localhost"

>
> How is the printer connected to the PC? Parallel port? Something else?

Parallel port.

>
> Although your questions involve generic Linux applications, the form 
> of your report is specific to RH 8.0. My questions ask for more 
> generic Linux information, which will permit non-RH users to try to 
> assess your problem. If you prefer to stick with the RH tools, that's 
> fine ... in that case, I hope someone else here, someone who does use 
> RH 8.0, pops in with translations of these suggestions to Red Hat-ese.

I have no preference for RH other than that it was recommended and I was 
given a copy.

>
> Finally, as to your immediate problem ... if the third page of a 
> epecific document continues to fail to print, while other docs print 
> fine (do they? you haven't said), i'd suspect something odd about the 
> specific document. Generically, you need to investigate how general 
> the printing problem is before we can tackle it systematically.

I did not retain the file I first tried to print.  Additional attempts 
to print have produced no response from the printer.  Thank you for your 
offer to help.

>
> At 10:14 PM 12/15/02 -0500, Bill Pleasants wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> After installing RH 8.0 in my HP Pentium II, my first successful 
>> installation,
>> I installed a Brother HL-720 printer. I set it up local.  The Printer 
>> Administration window shows:
>> Command:    lpr
>>
>> Driver:          Generic Printer (SGENPRT)
>>
>> Location:
>>
>> After printing 2 of 3 pages from
>> Mapquest, the printer indicated toner out.  I replaced the cartridge and
>> there was an error light which can be cleared by unplugging the printer
>> cable and cycling the printer off.  I reset the print queue and the same
>> 2 pages printed and the error light flashed.  Rebooted - same error 
>> light.
>> Attempts to print additional items failed.  Later I entered "lprm" to 
>> cancel anything pending and got
>> "local host IP not available."  When I entered
>> "/etc/init.d/lpd stop" I got "[FAILED]"
>> I repeated it and got
>> "[FAILED]"
>> "local host IP not available"
>> In the panel is a ? which when clicked gives
>> "Temporary error in name resolution."
>> So far I haven't learned what this IP is about. I would appreciate help.
>
>
>
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> odds!"--------
> Ray Olszewski                    -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, California, USA              ray@comarre.com
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