unable to create printer

[michaelvv]

I am trying to define a new printer. I go through the usual process:

smitty spooler->Add a Print Queue->ibmNetPrinter->Lexmark->lexOptraS->Do NOT make this system a BOOTP/TFTP server and get this error message:

Press Enter or Cancel to return to the application.
1800-106 An error occurred:

0782-626 Opening the ODM class "sm_cmd_hdr" failed (odmerrno is 5908).
Use local problem reporting procedures.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

 

[jwtesch]

Yes, your /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/smit files are corrupted. This is usually fixed in later versions of AIX and you didn't say which one.
Here is a common scenario on this:

cd /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/smit
ls -l file lengths are 0 (doesn't really matter)
cp /usr/lib/objrepos/sm* /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/smit
ls -l file lengths are normal
Next: you must run chvirprt for each queue to rebuild smit data.

http://service.boulder.ibm.com/rs6k/techdocs/92039183520640.html

 

[michaelvv]

Thanks a lot, it fixed my problem. BTW, we're on 4.3.3.