[geeks] Am I a complete idiot or...

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Jul 15 20:14:09 CDT 2002


On July 15, James Sharp wrote:
> > > hp|Laser Printer:\
> > >        :lp=lp:rm=printer2.psychoses.org:sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
> > >        :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:rp=text:sh
> > >
> > > I've tried sh, sh=false, sh=true, sh=fuckmeuptheass and restarted lpd more
> > > times than any human should have to.
> >
> >   It's just "sh"...true/false values in printcap are done with the
> > presence of absence of the variable in the entry.  Also try following
> > the last entry with a ":"...I don't know if the code that parses the
> > printcap file requires it, but I've never seen one without it.
> 
> Nope.  That wasn't it.  Urgh.

  Uhh

  Hmm.  That's weird...I'm pretty damn sure that should work.  Can you
get ahold of Mag?  He's probably fought with this with all the
printers he set up at 9885.

       -Dave

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