LP System Corrupt Message

[Roger Lavender]

When performing an lpmove, the lp subsystem reports "LP system corrupt." several printers report "error 1", but not all.

Can some one point me in the right direction?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Roger:

The Knowledge Base (document #KBRC00000185) offers the following suggestion:

1. Bring the scheduler down (even if it does not seem to be running)

lpshut

2. If lpshut is working correctly, the files /var/spool/lp/FIFO and /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK. If these files still exist, remove them.

rm /var/spool/lp/FIFO
rm /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK

3. Clear the outputq file.
> outputq

4. Kill any lpsched processes that may be reported by:

ps -ef | grep lpsched

5. Restart the scheduler.

lpsched

6. Verify that it is running:

ps -ef | grep lpsched

lpstat -t | more

NOTE: The first line should report the status of the scheduler.

...JRF...

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Verify with SAM.

[Roger Lavender]

What is the significance fo the outputq file. It is currently at 175K. if I flush it, will I lose all pending prints - or just queue entries??

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Roger:

The outputq contains only a record of requests.

...JRF...