Re: printcap question

["Kirk R. Wythers" <wythe001@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use bash, but as "root" I'm running csh. I did notice however, that the 
version of apsfilter (I got from the freebsd ports tree) is 7.1.1

Should that matter?

Kirk

On Friday 08 March 2002 02:17 am, you wrote:
> On 07-Mar-02 Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> > I am trying to set up a pcl printer (NEC superscript 870, local
> > parallel) on freebsd. I'm running the ./SETUP script, and have tried
> > several driver option (acording to the linuxprinting.org site, this
> > printer works with the ljet2p driver or gimp-print diver). Trouble is
> > that the print test page doesnet seem to do anything... and if I try
> > installing the driver, nothing gets written to /etc/printcap.
>
> Are you using zsh as your /bin/sh?
>
> There have been some problems with zsh, but these have
> been fixed in apsfilter-7.2.2, so maybe you want to get
> that one.
>
>
> HTH
> Michael