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From: tamura@versatc.versatec.COM (Mark Tamura)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: lpd causes crash with CPU PANIC !!
Keywords: lpd crash
Message-ID: <21639@versatc.versatec.COM>
Date: 26 Apr 91 21:26:53 GMT
Organization: Versatec, Santa Clara, Ca. 95051
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In article <2286@netmbx.UUCP>, weis@netmbx.UUCP (Dietmar Weis) writes:
>
>  On a DECSystem3100 running Ultrix 4.0 sometimes occur inconsistencies
>  in the lpd system (printing to lat printers), followed by a system crash!!
>
>  lpc status said for example "no progress since 3 days" ,
>  "waiting to connect" or "no daemon active", the error log says "output
>  filter to lat malfunctioned (0)", "cannot open /dev/tty??, no such file or
>  directory" or "job aborted".

I had the same problem.  Apparent with Ultrix 4.0 the system will crash if
no output filter is specified in /etc/printcap.  After I added an "of" entry,
everything worked fine.  Also Digital support refused to make/send a patch
for a third-party printer.
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