Subject: Repost Re: Netatalk
From: Sam Moore (samiwas@macconnect.com)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 21:07:20 MDT
trying this again...
> Hi folks. I'm trying to print via AppleTalk to my SilentWriter 95, with
limited
> success. All my Macs can print to it, just not the Linux box.
> Several questions about netatalk...
>
> 1. does anyone know where Chuck Shotton's notes on netatalk setup went?
They're
> not at
> http://www.biap.com/Linux/asip.html
> anymore, contrary to the Faq-O-Matic.
>
> 2. lpq is reporting
> "Warning: unable to get official name for remote machine" which I take it
means
> my /etc/printcap has the wrong name for my printer.
> I've tried to use nbplkup to find out what's on the network according to
atalk,
> but the syntax has me confused.
> nbplkup :LaserWriter returns "Invalid argument" despite the fact the the man
> page for nbplkup gives this exact line as an example. Otherwise the man page
is,
> shall we say, somewhat terse.
> Several other variations have also failed (nbplkup =:=@*, nbplkup
> =:LaserWriter@*, etc.)
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next appreciated.
>
>
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