Print Spooler won't start

[Ron Bromwell]

Hi All,
I can't get my print spooler to start. Using SAM, I've selected the "start print spooler ..." option from the action menu, selected no to logging on. I get a message that says "starting print spooler", however the spooler doesn't start. Any ideas?

Ron

[Hai Nguyen_1]

Ron,

You can start it from command line like this:

# lpsched

However, first check the status of the spooler:
# lpstat -t

If you have question on the status output, post the output here.

Hai

[blal]

Hi

Check if /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK , remove the file and try starting spooler by
#lpsched.

Regds,
baiju.

[Ron Bromwell]

Thanks for the help. I've found the problem. I have a printer called pengxt5. For some reason I was missing the directory for it in /var/spool/lp/request. I used rcp to copy it from another machine. After doing so I was able to start the spooler.

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
Check /var/spool/lp.
If you find
CLD_FIFO
FIFO
SCHEDLOCK

remove these files.
Check with lpstat -r, should say scheduler not running.

Then start again with lpsched ( command line ).
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[TOMAS BERNABEU]

it always saves spooler (with SAM), for being able to recover it at another moment.

Tom