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Date:      Thu, 03 Dec 1998 14:43:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nlpt and severe system slow down 
Message-ID:  <199812032243.OAA00335@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 05:46:38 PST." <199812031346.FAA22883@rah.star-gate.com> 

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> This is my config for nlpt:
> 
> controller      ppbus0
> controller      ppc0    at isa?  irq 7 vector ppcintr
> device          nlpt0   at ppbus?       
> 
> 
> If I shutdown my laser jet 4mp while printing, my system comes to crawl for 
> instance my mouse and keyboard don't respond. The system is not quite dead
> because I can see that the cursor moves or rather jumps sporadically
> on my X desktop
> 
> Has anyone else seeng this behavior?

Yes; it's better than the old 'lpt' driver which would freeze your 
system until you turned the printer back on.

Nicolas should probably look at this one...

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