> On Thursday 10 March 2005 22:52, Jess Anderson wrote: > > I just noticed a syslog message from this morning: > > > > Mar 10 10:44:36 seth kernel: lp0 on fire > > > > Of course it wasn't, it had stopped because it was out of ink, > > which required powering it down to change the ink cartridge. > > Cute though it is, it's not the most useful message. > > > > Welcome to Unix archeology. This message dates from the way back > days. You can find the source code in: > > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-*/linux-*/drivers/char/lp.c > > and change it if you like. It's the "catchall" error; i.e. the > printer's not off-line, and it's not out of paper. I suppose the > error message could have been: > > "lp0: unknown error" > > but I like the humor. > Anecdote: Back in the mid 70's I was on the staff at Seattle Univ. where we had an old Honeybucket 201 system & one day there was a fire in the printer. Seems the printer designers figured static would be a problem, so they installed a frilly foil "chain" across the top of the paper path. Looked like a Christmas tree decorative strand. After a period of some quite dry days, static did indeed build up & the frilly foil thing caught an arc of static which ignited the paper! Fortunately another staff member was in the computer rorm & saw the thin wisp of smoke. Kocked the printer offline & 3 quick form feeds got the paper out where it could be ripped off. We then ripped out the frilly foil thing to solve the arcing problem. Walt Smith, a really old geezer & lurker on the list. > Regards, Mike Klinke > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
