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Old 02-08-2002
Crash Kills Printer Device
A user accidentally unplugged her server from the wall. She has rebooted twice, but the system does not recognize the default printer device, which previously was lp02.

There is a file which reads /dev/lp0 and then garble.

I'm a total newbie at all of this, with some Unix experience many, many years ago, so any help in as elementary terms as possible would be much appreciated!

Thank you.
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Old 02-08-2002
What is your OS? (try uname -a)

Is the file you wrote about named /dev/lp0 or is that in the file? What is the file name? What is garbled? The contents of the file?
(use file yourfilename to see what type of file it is)

Remember to always check the man page on commands to insure what you are about to use is okay, plus it insures you understand what is going on.

And welcome back to the Dark side.
thehoghunter
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Old 02-08-2002
Hog - thanks! I'm supporting this issue from a thousand miles away, and they ended up calling in their local Unix tech to fix it, so I"m off the hook.

To quote a mafioso, "I keep trying to get out, but they keep pulling me back in."
 
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