Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ispi!jbayer
From: jbayer@ispi.COM (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Bug in spooler on Xenix (fix here)
Message-ID: <1672@ispi.COM>
Date: 17 Aug 90 11:13:04 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
Lines: 38


There is a bug I have seen mentioned in the Xenix spooler recently. 
This is that the spooler seems to stop working on a random basis.  This
is caused by a race condition in the spooler.  SCO gave me a workaround
to this a while ago:

1.	Create a dummy printer, make it the default printer.  DO NOT USE
	THIS PRINTER FOR PRINTING.

2.	Add the following line to /etc/profile:

		LPDEST=printer; export LPDEST

	replace "printer" with what you want your default printer to be.
	

3.	Add the following line to /etc/cshrc:

		setenv LPDEST printer

	Again, replace "printer" with what you want your default printer
	to be.

4.	Shut down the spooler using "/usr/lib/lpshut".

5.	Kill any existing processes that have the name "lpsched"

6.	Restart the spooler using "/usr/lib/lpsched".


This will fix the problem.


JB
-- 
Jonathan Bayer		Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
(201) 245-5922		500 Oakwood Ave.
jbayer@ispi.COM		Roselle Park, NJ   07204