Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wa3wbu!john
From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Not-Ready LP hangs system on Sys V/AT
Message-ID: <634@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: 17 Sep 88 12:32:00 GMT
Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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     Has anyone else had the experience where queueing up a print job
when the printer is not-ready will hang the system after a few seconds ?
I ran into this for the first time today. Im running Sys V/AT 2.3U.
The printer is turned off, a user types "lp filename" and the job is
queued. Everything is fine for a few seconds and then the system slowly
starts to die. No errors, just cursor disappearing, serial ports stop,
etc. Luckily I was here and just happened to turn the printer on. 
Instantly the system freed up and everything proceeded normally, and
the job printed out.

     Is this normal ?  If so, are there any configuration steps that I
can take to minimize the effects ?  I'm suprized I never ran into it
before.  Thanks.


					John


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