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Article #743Re: printer queues STICK!
From: rae98
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1989 16:08
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1989 16:08
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In article <17267@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@bellcore.com (tom reingold) writes: <My printer queues keep sticking! It happens mostly with our Postscript <printers, but also with our LaserJet Plus. I thought maybe it was the <operating system, SunOS 3.4, but we just upgraded to version 4.0.3 and <the problem recurs. < <Is there something I should look into? Or does a late version of <transcript fix this as a known bug? < <Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@ctt.bellcore.com <Bell Communications Research |UUCP: bellcore!ctt!tr <444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 699-7058 [work], <Piscataway, NJ 08854 | (201) 287-2345 [home] On our systems (NCR Towers running SYS5R2) this happens also. We have been told that this is a problem with the 'lp' suite originating long ago (before file locking) and having to do with two processes opening the same lock file at the same time. If this is the case with yours also, you can either re-write lp to use file locking instead of lock files (HA) or live with the problem. Good Luck. (And let me know if you come up with alternatives other than mine! :) ) -- =========================================================== Name: Bob Earl Phone: (202) 872-6018 (wk) UUCP: ...!uunet!wash08!rae98 BITNET: ...rae98@CAS (At least, that is what I'm told)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!ctrsol!ginosko!uunet!wash08!rae98 From: rae98@wash08.UUCP (rae98) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,news.admin Subject: Re: printer queues STICK! Message-ID: <616@wash08.UUCP> Date: 24 Jul 89 16:08:20 GMT References: <17267@bellcore.bellcore.com> Reply-To: rae98@wash08.UUCP () Organization: American Chemical Society, Washington, DC Lines: 28