Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!udel!ee.udel.edu From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX Message-ID: <31557@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 26 Sep 90 01:18:42 GMT References: <1238@acf5.NYU.EDU> <1990Sep23.200522.29223@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: estelle.ee.udel.edu In article lupe@alanya.Germany.Sun.COM (Lupe Christoph - Sun Germany Consulting - Munich) writes: >Suppose you had an operating system [like UNIX] that did *not* need to reboot every >time a stupid application program did something wrong ? Actually, I refer you to the well-known "portmapper" bug (which causes the portmapper to exit), the MMDF bug (which causes mailboxes to remain locked indefinitely), and the "lpr" bug (documented below from the man page) all of which is software *that comes with the OS*!!! Don't act like there are no problems that need rebooting or very arcane knowledge in Unix. It just ain't so. -- Darren > lpr: printer: jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > The connection to lpd on the local machine failed. > This usually means the printer server started at boot > time has died or is hung. Check the local socket > /dev/printer to be sure it still exists (if it does not > exist, there is no lpd process running). -- --- Darren New --- Grad Student --- CIS --- Univ. of Delaware --- ----- Network Protocols, Graphics, Programming Languages, Formal Description Techniques (esp. Estelle), Coffee -----