From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Pleasants Subject: Re: Printer error (errata) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:44:57 -0500 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DFFEF39.10801@myfreei.com> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20021216085528.02134570@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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. > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the > odds!"-------- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs