From owner-freebsd-bugs  Mon Sep  3 21:20: 6 2001
Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B60C37B40C
	for <freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org>; Mon,  3 Sep 2001 21:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f844K1r65793;
	Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from gnats)
Received: from pearl.pentics.com (pearl.pentics.com [216.66.32.130])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D8F37B406
	for <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>; Mon,  3 Sep 2001 21:13:22 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from chuegen@localhost)
	by pearl.pentics.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) id f844ACT17130;
	Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from chuegen)
Message-Id: <200109040410.f844ACT17130@pearl.pentics.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Craig A. Huegen" <chuegen@pentics.com>
Reply-To: "Craig A. Huegen" <chuegen@pentics.com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113
Subject: conf/30301: Default printcap "mx" config too small
Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-bugs.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-bugs>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-bugs>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org


>Number:         30301
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Default printcap "mx" config too small
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 03 21:20:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Craig A. Huegen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-RC i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD pearl.pentics.com 4.4-RC FreeBSD 4.4-RC #5: Mon Sep 3 07:15:23 PDT 2001 root@pearl.pentics.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PEARL i386
>Description:
Default "mx" config of 1000*BUFSIZ blocks in /etc/printcap is far too
small.  This ends up being ~1MB.  The average size of printer output
language for a web page is near 1MB.  The default, in my opinion, should
be 24 MB or so.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try sending a large presentation through a default printer config to an
HP laserjet.
>Fix:
Workaround (today) is through configuring "mx#0" (for unlimited print
spool file size) or "mx#<blocks>" where <blocks> represents a number
in BUFSIZ-sized blocks (1K)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message