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- From: apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- Subject: Re: Print spooler stops printing
- Message-ID: <C0J9xv.H0D@world.std.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 11:44:18 GMT
- References: <48202@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- kbeck@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Kevin Beck) writes:
- : Sometimes when I send something to the printer, it doesn't print.
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- ...
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- : Some occurrences of the problem can be cleared by using /usr/lib/lpshut
- : and /usr/lib/lpsched to stop and re-start the scheduler. Often
- : however, the only solution seems to be shutting down XENIX.
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- Before giving up and shutting down, try:
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- /usr/lib/lpshut
- rm /usr/spool/lpd/*
- rm /usr/spool/lp/[A-Z]*
- /usr/lib/lpsched
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- Tony apl@world.std.com
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