From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 3 15:15:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10521 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 15:15:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10508 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 15:15:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00335; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:43:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812032243.OAA00335@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Amancio Hasty cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nlpt and severe system slow down In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 05:46:38 PST." <199812031346.FAA22883@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 14:43:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message