Talk:Lp0 on fire

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Contents 1 Bullshit 2 To this day? 3 foul 4 Printers Spontaniously Combusting

[edit] Bullshit

I call bullshit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.176.65 (talk • contribs)

The "lp0 on fire" message is a goof, originated in the Linux kernel Way Back When. I'm trying to find a reasonable reference. --67.85.176.65 00:38, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

This story is questionable, agreed. Moreover, nobody has seen this message simply because it's no longer in the kernel anymore. It's been replaced by "unknown error" IIRC. -- A chicken passeth by —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.169.41.37 (talk) 10:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is. Linux kernel 2.6.22-13-generic here (with Ubuntu patches), and in drivers/char/lp.c, line 255, you can see printk(KERN_INFO "lp%d on fire\n", minor);. (You can also find other instances of the "on fire" in other components with "grep -R 'on fire' /usr/src/linux/*".) — SheeEttin {T/C} 23:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To this day?

and continues to baffle users to this day. The reference cited for this is from 2000. Do we still call 7 years ago "to this day"? 200.83.177.115 04:48, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] foul

Though the error message is real, the reason for it is not as is presented here. The message is just a place holder for the last 'impossible' combination of status bits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.5.14.122 (talk • contribs)

Which, as explained in the article, is often because there is a major problem with the printer, which could potentially be that the printer is on fire.

Even if it isn't actually on fire, the problem is major enough that the operator should go check on the printer immediately. — SheeEttin {T/C} 17:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Printers Spontaniously Combusting

I actually saw a big dot matrix line printer catch fire and explode many years ago, in the mid 80s. It was sitting on the sysop's desk and suddenly blew up violently, shooting sparks and smoke just like in Lost in Space. It was quite spectacular, though I have no idea if it was because it got some wierd command or what. Andacar (talk) 03:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)