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lp lpstat : LP print services isn't running or can't be reached
Hi,
After last weekend's server reboot, our Solaris 8 server's print service is no more
working (have been working fine all these while). I'm not aware of any change & I
can see that "printer" service is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf :
grep -i printer /etc/inetd.conf
printer stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lib/print/in.lpd in.lpd
I've done "pkill -HUP inetd" to refresh the inetd but it did not help.
Error messages appended :
# lpstat slacdhp1
UX:lpstat: ERROR: The LP print service isn't running or can't be
reached.
TO FIX: Your request can't be completely handled
without the LP print service. If this
problem continues, get help from your
system administrator.
# lp -d slacdhp1 /etc/hosts
UX:lp: ERROR: Can't establish contact with the LP print service.
TO FIX: Either the LP print service has stopped,
or all message channels are busy. If the
problem continues, get help from your
system administrator.
After last weekend's server reboot, our Solaris 8 server's print service is no more
working (have been working fine all these while). I'm not aware of any change & I
can see that "printer" service is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf :
grep -i printer /etc/inetd.conf
printer stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lib/print/in.lpd in.lpd
I've done "pkill -HUP inetd" to refresh the inetd but it did not help.
Error messages appended :
# lpstat slacdhp1
UX:lpstat: ERROR: The LP print service isn't running or can't be
reached.
TO FIX: Your request can't be completely handled
without the LP print service. If this
problem continues, get help from your
system administrator.
# lp -d slacdhp1 /etc/hosts
UX:lp: ERROR: Can't establish contact with the LP print service.
TO FIX: Either the LP print service has stopped,
or all message channels are busy. If the
problem continues, get help from your
system administrator.
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a) there are 2 lines (thought it should be one listening process only)
>netstat -an | grep 515 | grep -i listen
*.515 *.* 0 0 24576 0 LISTEN
*.515 *.* 0 0 24576 0 LISTEN
b) /var/adm/messages has several queue related messages :
Nov 20 06:45:01 slasun02 ntpdate[21236]: [ID 774510 daemon.notice] step time server 10.51.1.9 offset 0.585674 sec
Nov 20 06:50:00 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:00 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:05 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:05 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:10 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:10 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:15 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
c) I've issued the commands (in case faled is a typo, I've used 'failed' as well) & attached outputs :
truss -o /tmp/lpfaled.txt -faled lpstat
truss -o /tmp/lpfailed.txt -failed lpstat
lpfaled.txt
lpfailed.txt
>netstat -an | grep 515 | grep -i listen
*.515 *.* 0 0 24576 0 LISTEN
*.515 *.* 0 0 24576 0 LISTEN
b) /var/adm/messages has several queue related messages :
Nov 20 06:45:01 slasun02 ntpdate[21236]: [ID 774510 daemon.notice] step time server 10.51.1.9 offset 0.585674 sec
Nov 20 06:50:00 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:00 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:05 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:05 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:10 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
Nov 20 06:50:10 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 702911 mail.alert] daemon MTA-IPv4: problem creating SMTP socket
Nov 20 06:50:15 slasun02 sendmail[21377]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-I
Pv4: cannot bind: Address already in use
c) I've issued the commands (in case faled is a typo, I've used 'failed' as well) & attached outputs :
truss -o /tmp/lpfaled.txt -faled lpstat
truss -o /tmp/lpfailed.txt -failed lpstat
lpfaled.txt
lpfailed.txt
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So, I restart lpsched just by typing "lpsched"?
This is what I get now :
# lpstat -a
dvsy01 accepting requests since Thu Apr 19 09:15:31 2007
sds1_hp1 accepting requests since Tue Sep 28 11:50:23 2004
# lp -d slacdhp1 dailyback.18112008
request id is slacdhp1-25386 (1 file(s))
Printing now, thanks a lot
This is what I get now :
# lpstat -a
dvsy01 accepting requests since Thu Apr 19 09:15:31 2007
sds1_hp1 accepting requests since Tue Sep 28 11:50:23 2004
# lp -d slacdhp1 dailyback.18112008
request id is slacdhp1-25386 (1 file(s))
Printing now, thanks a lot
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