Re: problem with apsfilter and abiword

[Mark Devin <mdevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Klemm wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 01:16:27PM +1000, Mark Devin wrote:
> > Sorry about not posting correctly.  I hope this is better.
>
> Yes.
>
> > Thank you for being so patient with me.
>
> You're welcome ;-)
>
> > 3.  Changed the permissions of /var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/log to rw for
> > everyone.  ls -l now shows:
> > -rw-rw-rw-    1 daemon   lp              0 Feb 26 22:13
> > /var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/log
>
> o.k.
>
> > 6.  file test.abw.ps  -> shows:
> > test.abw.ps: PostScript document text conforming at level 2.0
>
> aha, ps file.. important for me was, that your file command
> recognizes it...
>
> > 7.  Sent the file to the printer with the following command:
> > cat test.abw.ps | lpr -P bjc4200
> >
> > 8.  Again the same thing happens.  The printer outputs one small black
> > strip (the same length as the word "test") - If I type more words then I
> > get more black strip.
>
> hmm
>
> > 9.  The log file is empty.   ls -l /var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/log
> > -rw-rw-rw-    1 daemon   lp              0 Feb 26 22:13
> > /var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/log
>
> Thats odd ... what lineprinter spooler do you have installed ?
> LPRng ?
>
> Can you read its docu, how to enable logging ?
>
> > I hope I have answered all you questions correctly.  It doesn't make
> > sense to me.
>
> I need the debugging log ...
> Although I assume its simply gs driver related ...
>

Yes, I have lprng installed.

I don't know any more about how to enable logging.  I did what I thought would
do it by editing the /usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter file to remove the #
in front of
set -x      to enable debugging.

I am running debian.  I will apt-get whatever lineprinter is necessary for
this to work.  However, I remember that initially I had the standard lpr
package installed and the same thing was happening then.  This was what led me
to install lprng instead.

It is a totally frustrating problem that doesn't make sense.

Thanks for your help.  I haven't given up yet.  But if you weren't helping me
on this I think I would have by now.

Mark.