From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 8 04:42:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA03171 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 04:42:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from eh.est.is (root@eh.est.is [194.144.208.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA03155 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 04:42:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from totii@est.is) Received: from est.is (ppp-22.est.is [194.144.208.122]) by eh.est.is (8.8.5/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA17048 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:42:25 GMT (envelope-from totii@est.is) Message-ID: <348BEB36.52813631@est.is> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 12:42:30 +0000 From: "Þorður Ivarsson" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions Subject: lpd stuck on printer failure Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I noticed problem on my FreeBSD machine this morning. I was printing long document on my Laser printer and when the printer was out of paper the FreeBSD was stuck. No mouse movements, no keyboard actions, just like everything was frozen. When I installed paper to the tray and restarted the printer the FreeBSD woke up and was fine. Do any of you know what is going on ? Is there a bug in lp daemon? I am running 2.2.5-STABLE, Xfree86-3.3.1, fvwm95,... -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------