Respuesta: Re: FC3: lp0 on fire

[jludwig]

On Saturday 12 March 2005 08:17 pm, wwjmsmith at prodigy.net.mx wrote:
> > 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
> >
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Which if you compile your own kernel or drivers youi can make personal 
messages for your own tastes.
-- 
John H Ludwig