Re: Help: lpd Won't Start

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 09:32:53AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:58:29AM -0400, Warren Clearfield wrote:
> 
> > I did a fresh install of RH-9 on a new Dell box.  Everything went
> > smoothly except that the print spooler refuses to start.  During the
> > boot sequence start of lpd I get the error message: 'Cannot bind to
> > lpd port 515'.  I get this fatal error message as well when trying
> > to start lpd manually from the command prompt.  Naturally, the CUPS
> > configuration tool and 'lpc' also don't work because the spooler
> > daemon isn't running.
> 
> 'lpd' is part of LPRng.  A fresh install doesn't (or at least,
> shouldn't) start lpd on boot.
> 
> I would suggest 'chkconfig lpd off'.
> 
> Tim.
> */
Or put another way lpd is not the CUPS printer daemon.


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