Re: problems with papd


Subject: Re: problems with papd
From: Patrik Schindler (poc@pocnet.net)
Date: Sun May 07 2000 - 14:11:52 EDT


At 15:58 Uhr +0200 07.05.2000, Moritz Kaiser wrote:

>papd -d produces nearly the same output:
>8<--------------------
>Bad termcap entry
>Bad papcap entry
>8<--------------------

Bad thing.

>The first funny thing is, there is no termcap in my etc. I'm using
>terminfo database.

I don't know for what reason papd need termcap.

>The second funny thing is, if i remove /etc/netatalk/papd.conf and replace
>it with touch /etc/netatalk/papd.conf, no errors are encountered.

Hm, without a printer, it won't jump into a routinge which insists on a termcap. And on reading /etc/printcap. You may verify this with strace.

>What the hell is going on?
>My local printing system is good old BSD-style lpd.

Very good. This is known to work.

>My printcap has no errors, because I'm able to print via Samba without any
>problems.

Very strange.

Did you compile it yourself or installed a precompiled package? Perhaps you should try the first...

:wq! PoC



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