unable to remove printer

[so.nimda]

hi,

i'm trying to delete a printer using the following command :

lpadmin -x

but i get the error :

lpadmin: corrupted member file

can anyone advise how i can resolve this?

thanks in advance !

:)

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=964552
had a similar problem, alas with adding.
If the file itself is corrupted, a restore from backup should resolve the problem.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Rancid,

start Sam, ==> Printers and Plotters ==> lp spooler ==> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration

backup your configuration and restore it again.

Sam will resolve a lot of problems.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[so.nimda]

hi peter,

thanks for the reply...

i've checked the thread and it doesn't resolve the problem... also not able to do a restore as the printer config wasn't even backed-up yet...

regards

[so.nimda]

hi robert-jan,

thanks for the reply...

i was not able to restore as the config wasn't backed-up... :(

regards

[Rick Garland]

Begin by getting a backup of the config via SAM as described aboved.

Shutdown the lpssched and see if you can manually remove the printer from the /etc/lp area.