[K12OSN] 5.0.0EL local printing problems

[Rob Owens]

Replying to myself here...

I found that my problem was not having "use-host-decl-names on;" in my
static IP settings.

-Rob

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 04:38:55PM -0000, rowens at ptd.net wrote:
> I can't get local printing to work on my K12LTSP 5.0.0EL system.  I've got
> this in my lts.conf file:
> 
> [shipping]
> PRINTER_0_TYPE = P
> PRINTER_O_DEVICE = /dev/lp0
> 
> I verified that the thin client is picking up settings in lts.conf by changing
> the mouse type.  That worked, so it seems like the thin client should be
> getting these printer settings, too.
> 
> >From a shell on the thin client, I cannot telnet to port 9100.  From the
> server, running "nmap shipping" only shows a port open for X traffic (6000
> maybe?) -- no port 9100.
> 
> I don't need to enable local devices in order to get local printing working, do I?
> 
> ps efx at a shell on the thin client shows nothing.
> 
> ps efx on the server shows a huge mess of stuff that includes "shipping" (the
> name of my thin client).
> 
> /dev/lp0 exists on the thin client
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Rob
> 
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