From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 6 18:51:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08176 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:51:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA07958 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:50:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-138.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.138]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA13662; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 20:50:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA15432; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 20:29:33 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199803070229.UAA15432@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: cupples_s@4j.lane.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: LPD problme In-reply-to: Message from Doug White of "Thu, 05 Mar 1998 23:47:27 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 20:29:32 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug White writes: > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Shawn Cupples wrote: > > > > I have a P90 running 2.2.5 with netatalk as a print spooler for our > > > journalism department. I have noticed that ocasionally it stops printing > > > like after 5 or 10 big postscrit files, lpq lists the items in the Q and > a > > > error about no daemon avaiable. I restart lpd and the errors go away, but > > > it still will not print, until I empty the q compleetley by hand. What do > > > I do. > > lpd is getting angry and probably crashing. Check the system log and see > if either lpd or your print filter is crashing on signal 11s. If so, you > may have bad memory modules. Also check `swapinfo' and make sure you > aren't running out of memory slinging those files. There was a bug in 2.2.5's lpd system which caused it to simply quit several megabytes into a large job. About 30 pages into a 500 page page job when it bit me. No core dumps, no error messages, no lpd daemon to service the queue. Someone who knows how to run CVS or the GNATS stuff could locate the exact cure. Updated sources, "cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd", and "make install" cured my problem. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message