Re: Local package initialization: printerFatal error cannot bind to lpt port '515'...

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 05:19:19 -0800
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 05:55:33AM -0500, Jeffrey Racine wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I am running current, but have gotten this error message at boot time on
> current for some time now, and just can't seem to be able to track it
> down. I have searched the archives to no avail, and any insight would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.
> 
> The message is "local package initialization: printerFatal error cannot
> bind to lpt port '515'". 

The "Local package initialization" is the key - this means a package
startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  Perhaps you installed an
alternative printer service at some point (e.g. LPRng) but did not
configure it, so the startup attempt fails.

Kris

Received on Mon Mar 01 2004 - 04:19:53 UTC

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