Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:46:44 -0800 From: Jim Pazarena <famd64@ccstores.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: parallel printer Message-ID: <47B132C4.8010209@ccstores.com> In-Reply-To: <200802041452.24817.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <47A7474D.3010201@ccstores.com> <20080204203713.508add0f@peedub.jennejohn.org> <200802041452.24817.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote:
> On Monday 04 February 2008 02:37:13 pm Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:11:41 -0800
>> Jim Pazarena <famd64@ccstores.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I loaded 7.0RC1 on a new amd dual core machine
>>> and when setting up the parallel printer actually,
>>> when trying to print, the report starts, but the machine does
>>> a panic and reboot.
>>>
>>> The system works fine in all other aspects, such as it is handing
>>> out DHCP properly to a few other computers, it functions fine
>>> ethernet wise ('re' driver works as expected).
>>>
>>> This core dump at parallel printing is a show stopper for me.
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>> AFAIK there's an error in handling interrupts. Try ``lptcontrol -p''
>> to run in polled mode (works for me).
>>
>> Note that this problem is not specific to AMD64.
>
> It should be fixed in RELENG_7 and RELENG_7_0. RC2 should include the
> fix/workaround when it comes out.
While 7.0RC2 now does indeed print as expected, each time I print the console
echoes:
lpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
lpt0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
lpt0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
lpt0: [ITHREAD]
... three iterations each time I print.
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Jim Pazarena famd64@ccstores.com
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