lp errors in /var/adm/messages

[ML Starkey]

Andy wrote:

> I am getting the following error in my messages file every couple of
> minutes:
>
> lp[xxxxx]: [ID 889138 lpr.error] Warning: Received SIGPIPE; continuing
>
> The server is a SunFire V880 running SOlaris 8 2/02 + patches (but not
> all the latest ones ;-). The server supports around 75-100 users and we
> have 14 printers. Each of these printers is directed to an LPD queue on
> a Windows 2000 server.
>
> I've "had a google" for the issue, but only seem to see recommendations
> on the server side. We have disabled the printer service in inetd.conf
> so this is either a client side issue (options in printers.conf?) or a
> Windows server issue.
>
> If anyone can provide any ideas on how to get rid of the error I would
> really appreciate it!

The error simply means that connectivity b/t the client and server has
been lost. The Sun side will continue to retry. It could be a dead print
job triggering this. In this case, I'd say it's probably the sun print
client/Win2k print server relationship. I'd do the following:

clean out /var/spool/print including the .printd.lock file

shut down any running printd processes

get the latest lp patch for Solaris 8: 109320 is the number, I think the
latest release is 06.

Turn the in.lpd in the /etc/inetd.conf file back on. Shutting this off
will have no effect on the problem and will cause other issues, like the
inability to cancel print jobs even if you aren't a print server.

[Greg Andrews]

ML Starkey <martha.starkey@sun.com> writes:

>
>clean out /var/spool/print including the .printd.lock file
>
>shut down any running printd processes
>

But reverse the order in which you do those things. I.e. kill
any printd processes before deleting files in /var/spool/print.

-Greg
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