From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 19:05:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFB916A468 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A921513C481; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <46F80A6C.5020203@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:05:16 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "P.U.Kruppa" References: <20070924051118.H9923@small> <46F785BB.9030800@FreeBSD.org> <20070924114923.C10251@small> <20070924100607.GC1462@elvandar.org> <20070924183258.J1576@small> In-Reply-To: <20070924183258.J1576@small> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Remko Lodder , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Parallel port printing crashes 7.0 system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:17 -0000 P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Remko Lodder wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:50:37AM +0200, P.U.Kruppa wrote: >>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: >>> >>>> P.U.Kruppa wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I use a HP Deskjet 990 Cxi via parallel port with cups and hpijs >>>>> driver on >>>>> FreeBSD pukruppa.net 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Sep 21 >>>>> 16:52:59 CEST 2007 amd64 >>>>> When I try to print a little bit more complex documents >>>>> (OpenOffice, pdf) >>>>> my System will crash. >>>>> On my root terminal there will be a long list of >>>>> lpt0: [ITHREAD] >>>>> lpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>>>> lpt0: [ITHREAD] >>>>> [...] >>>>> lines, then some dumping activity and a reboot. >>>>> I upgraded to 7.0 last week, so all I can say is: everything was >>>>> fine with >>>>> 6.2 . >>>>> Please tell me if you need more information. >>>> >>>> Well yeah, how about e.g. the actual details from the panic? >>> How do I get them? >>> Do I have to recompile my kernel (I put off debugging and Witness >>> Options)? >> >> Hello, >> >> Check >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html >> for >> more information. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Kind regards, >> >> Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org > Sorry, from developer's handbook I guess I should find a vmcore.N file. > There isn't any. My parallel printing attempts end up in some kind of > single user mode on the root terminal with a > db> > prompt. Can I do anything with that? Yes, that's the DDB prompt that the documentation describes. It tells you how to trigger the dump and obtain other important debugging. Kris