[NTLUG:Discuss] Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'

[Noah]

Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> First thing I would check is what is causing you not to be able to bind to
> the port.
> 
> First you need to be root.  Assuming you are next you check to see if
> something is already running on that port.
> 
> lsof -i TCP:515

# /usr/sbin/lsof -i TCP:515
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
xinetd  767 root    5u  IPv4   1491       TCP *:printer (LISTEN)

[There's the info., just not sure what to do with it.]

> 
> More than likely it is one of these two things that is preventing you from
> being able to bind to the port.

One of which two?  (You only mentioned one thing.)

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of terry
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 9:11 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'
> 
> 
> I've yet to get printer to work on my 800MHz Via Fry's special.
>  From dmesg:
> Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'
> 
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