Printer can't be removed under Solaris 10

xunil321 · 10-22-2009, 05:43 AM

Dear all,
we are running a Solaris 10 8/08 Sparc system called 'test-s' where
#lpstat -t shows such a line:
system for mps2_p: printer-s (as lpd://printer-s/printers/mps2_p#Solaris)
How can we get rid of this entry because #lpstat -x mps2_p says
'unknown printer'.
THX for any help!
Rainer

xeleema · 10-22-2009, 07:14 AM

Greetingz!

I'm not in front of a Solaris 10 box, but if memory serves me correctly, it's "lpadmin -x printqueuename".
So in your case, it should be "lpadmin -x mps2_p".

However, you may want to check the man page to be sure. Also, if that doesn't work, the hostname of the system may have changed since the print queue was added. In which case you'll have to check /etc/printers.conf, too.

P.S: Click the blue thumb if this helps!

xunil321 · 10-22-2009, 09:03 AM

Oh, sorry it is a typo I mean of course #lpadmin -x.
Nevertheless this doesn't work, also /etc/printers.conf
has no 'mps2_p' entry!

Rainer

xeleema · 10-24-2009, 01:59 AM

Okay,

Let's go over some basic Solaris-based printer queue troubleshooting;

What does "lpstat -a" show you about the printer?

Do you have a "mps2_p" file in /etc/lp/interfaces?

Have you tried "/usr/bin/disable -c mps2_p"?

Check your syslog configuration (/etc/syslog.conf) and find out where you're print logs are going. Take a look at them and find some errors

Are your printing services running?

sysop$ svcs | egrep -i "lp|print"
online May_19 svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default
online May_19 svc:/application/print/server:default
online May_19 svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
online May_19 svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default

Anything in the print queues?
lpstat -o

How was the "mps2_p" printer configured?
lpstat -lp mps2_p

Have you tried stopping, then starting the print services?
sysop$ for x in $(svcs | egrep -i "lp|print"|awk '{print $3}')
do
svcadm disable $x
sleep 30
svcadm enable $x
done

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xunil321 · 10-26-2009, 04:28 AM

@xeleema
1. lpstat -a
mps2_p accepting requests since Mon Oct 26 09:16:10 2009
2. there is no mps2_p file in /etc/lp/interfaces
3. /usr/bin/disable -c mps2_p: operation-not-supported
4. printer services are all running
5. lpstat -o: empty
6. lpstat -lp mps2_p
printer mps2_p idle. enabled since Mon Oct 26
09:25:52 2009. available.
Remote Name: mps2_p
Remote Server: printer-s
7. restarting print services didn't change anything

Rainer

xeleema · 10-28-2009, 12:09 PM

That's incredibly strange;

You show the print queue from another server as being available, but it isn't even listed in your /etc/printers.conf?
Does the remote server "printer-s" still exist?

Also, try stopping the printer services and *then* "disable -c mps2_p".

P.S: You are root when you attempt any of these changes, right?

xunil321 · 10-29-2009, 06:10 AM

1. Server 'printer-s' exists up and running
2. disable -c mps2_p:
operation-not-supported
3. I'm 'root'

Rainer

xeleema · 11-02-2009, 05:28 AM

*BUMP*
By chance are you still having trouble?

If so, then the best that I can offer is to tweak and restart your syslog daemon.

1. Ensure a "lpr.debug" and "daemon.debug" lines exist in your /etc/syslog.conf.
Example:

lpr.debug /var/adm/print.log
daemon.debug /var/adm/messages

NOTE: I would suggest a 'tab' instead of a space between those fields.

2. Restart your syslog daemon
svcadm restart svc:/system/system-log:default

Once that's done, start a "tail -f /var/adm/print.log" in one xterm/dtterm/whatever session, and a "tail -f /var/adm/print.log" in another session, then start throwing "disable" commands at the printer.

Maybe that'll show something useful, because I know we're missing something here....

Good Luck!

P.S: You might want to comment-out those syslog.conf entries and restart the syslog service once you've found something useful. Things can get quite chatty, and huge log files are a pest.