[AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...

[David Hawke]

zed wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> Vincent Wang <vincentwhc at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
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>   
>> Hi Zed Haven't got any idea though. Can you please check two things:
>>
>> 1. Check the log for any related errors, /var/log/....   or
>> /var/spool/lpd...... or somewhere under this folder;
>>
>> 2. Try to print a plain text file, and check that the file has been sent
>> to printing job queue which located under the folder /var/spool/
>>     
>
> I'm at a bit of a disadvantage here "the command line terrifies me :-)"
>
> However, I did a cd  /var/log/ and then a ls and got a whole list of items
> - some in red and others in black type, one of which was lpr.log.  In my
> ignorance I then did a cd / lpr.log which resulted in No such file or
> directory.  The same result when I did a cat lpr.log and a ls lpr.log.
>
> So, please tell me what should I type to find out what is in those log
> files?
>
> cd /var/spool/lpd returns No such File or Directory.
>   
Righty-o then - lets back the truck up a bit

I gather LinuxMINT is a debian derivative  - and I presume that the box 
is running X (ie has a grahpical user environment)

Do you have  a file manager installed - if so, open it up and browse to 
/var/log and see what you can see.

You should be able to then click on a log file and have it open in a gui 
environment.

Places to look are
/var/log/messages
/var/log/syslog
are the most likely starting points

If you insist on doing it at the command line ;-) then less or more are 
your friends (i.e less /var/log/messages will show you the file  
/var/log/messages a screen full at a time - if the file exists of course)


HTH a bit

David H

> Zed
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