"Jan Gerrit Kootstra" <jan.gerrit@kootstra.org.uk> wrote in message news:<3fa20626$0$79342$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tisca li.nl>...
> "yls177" <yls177@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:c06e4d68.0310302231.431679ad@posting.google.c om...
> > lpsched gives "lpsched: scheduler was already active" so i did a
> > lpshut and this gives "lpshut: scheduler not running". am i missing
> > something?
>
> Dear yls177,
>
>
> It may be that lpsched creates a pid-file. If it is not removed, a new
> lpsched and lpschut give these messages.
>
> If you would try again the messages may disappear, because the lpschut
> removed the pid-file.
>
> Sorry for the maybe's but I know RH Linux works this way, and I have no
> access to the HP-UX boxes at this moment to see whether or not lpsched on
> HP-UX works the same way.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jan Gerrit

hi. thanks for replying.. no problems with the maybes.. i am still
learning.. and appreciate other pple are helping me as well..

okay,, i did what u suggested... lpshut, a few times,, but still
lpsched gives me that it is still active.