I observed a similiar behavior unfrequently. I think that is happening while printing PDF Files, but I may be wrong.
For example here is a job from our queue "lex1200c": The status file status.lex1200c in the spool directory shows entries like this: status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:05:50.834 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:06:09.859 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:06:28.955 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:06:47.415 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:07:06.204 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:07:24.879 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:07:43.371 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:08:02.400 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:08:21.265 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 status.lex1200c:waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-19-12:08:39.722 ## A=<NULL> number=0 process=19717 while the account file "acct" shows that it took some time to print the job: jobstart '-Jpisa.pdf' '-Plex1200c' '-kcfA001KOERBERNB.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de' '-b29593527' '-HKOERBERNB.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de' '-t2002-03-19-11:48:58.000' '-nfe3a002' filestart '-q19061' '-p53347' '-t2002-03-19-11:53:22.233' '-nfe3a002' '-Plex1200c' fileend '-b240' '-T1588' '-q19061' '-p53587' '-t2002-03-19-12:19:50.866' '-nfe3a002' '-Plex1200c' jobend '-Jpisa.pdf' '-Plex1200c' '-kcfA001KOERBERNB.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de' '-b29593527' '-HKOERBERNB.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de' '-t2002-03-19-12:19:50.000' '-Lfe3a002' '-nfe3a002' We observed that sometimes the connected lpd process is consuming much cpu time while these "subserver"-messages are written into status.* Some jobs actually never get finished and must be cancelled. For these (very rare) cases I wrote a short shell script which is looking for "lpd (Worker...)" processes that have consumed more than 5 min cpu time. Such a process is sent a "kill -9" and so the job is cancelled. Regards, Thies Meincke +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Thies Meincke | Tel. : 040/42838-6355 (BN: 0.42838-6355) | | Universitaet Hamburg | Fax : 040/42838-6270 (BN: 0.42838-6270) | | Regionales Rechenzentrum | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Schlueterstr. 70 | URL : http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/ | | 20146 Hamburg | RRZ/Personal/TMeincke.html | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Sergij Kovalenko wrote: > Hi, > > The problem appeared 3 month ago. We were running LPRng-3.3.2?. Then I tried >versions 3.7.4, 3.8.4 > and 3.8.9 on Solaris 2.6 and 8. > The result and behavior is the same on all versions of OS and LPRng. > > Text files are sent in a bounce queue in which they are processed using my filter, > then files are sent in other queue. The first several files are printed without >problems. At some > time lately 'lpq' > reports in original queue - job is 'active'(or later 'staled'), in other printer >queue - job is > 'incoming'. Restarting of LPRng and > other operations on queue dom't help. > > If I remove filter processing from printcap, the problem disappears. > > Had anybody else such problem and resolved it? > Could it be a problem of Solaris? > How can I debug LPRng in this situation?. > > Output of "lpq": > > swadm03# lpq -Prezdruck1 > Printer: rezdruck1@swadm03 (dest xn2825-m202@localhost) > Queue: 2 printable jobs > Server: pid 17974 active > Unspooler: pid 17975 active > Status: waiting for subserver to exit at 17:01:20.147 > Filter_status: rezdruck_filter: Job finished. Run time: 0:1 > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > stalled(1949sec) ==rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 A 287 texc3.r1709462 4640 16:38:41 > 2 ==rezdruck@stielow+287.2.1 A 288 texc3.r1709463 9011 16:38:43 > done ==rezdruck@stielow+285.2.1 A 286 texc3.r1709461 7895 16:38:39 > Printer: xn2825-m202@swadm03 > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Server: no server active > Status: job '==rezdruck@stielow+285.2.1' saved at 16:38:40.944 > Filter_status: done at 16:38:40.924 > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > incoming ==rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 A 287 texc3.r1709462 0 16:38:42 > done ==rezdruck@stielow+285.2.1 A 286 texc3.r1709461 1159 16:38:40 > > ------------------------------------------- > > My printcap: > ------------------------------------------- > .common1 > :qq > :check_for_nonprintable@ > :save_on_error > :send_failure_action=hold > :sd=/spool/lpd/%P > :lf=/spool/lpd/%P/lpd-errs > :ifhp=banner_only@,banner@,config=/etc/ifhp.conf > :filter_options=$C $A $F $H $J $K $L $P $Q $R -Zmountform=$-Q \ > -Z,$-O,$-Z $a $c $d $e $f $h $i $j $k $l $n $p $r $s $w $x $y $-a > .xerox > :rw:sh:mx#0 > :tc_only > :sd=/spool/lpd/%P > :lf=/spool/lpd/%P/lpd-errs > :lp=/dev/null > :ifhp=config=/etc/ifhp.conf > > rezdruck1: > :tc=.common1 > :lpd_bounce > :filter=/opt/LPRng/lib/filters/rezdruck_filter.pl > :lp=xn2825-m202@localhost > > xn2825-m202:client:force_localhost@:rm=lpdstgt1 > xn2825-m202 > :server > :save_when_done > :tc=.xerox > :if=/opt/LPRng/lib/filters/ifhp -Tbanner_only@ -Tbanner@ > -Tmodel=n2825 > -Tpjl_job > :lp=/dev/null > ------------------------------------------- > > File "status.pr" of rezdruck1 queue: > > processing 'dfA287stielow', size 4640, format 'f', IF filter > 'rezdruck_filter.pl' at > 2002-03-11-16:38:41.887 ## A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 > process=17975 > IF filter 'rezdruck_filter.pl' filter finished at > 2002-03-11-16:38:42.147 ## > A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 process=17975 > printing finished at 2002-03-11-16:38:42.148 ## > A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 > number=287 process=17975 > sending job '==rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1' to xn2825-m202@localhost at > 2002-03-11-16:38:42.154 ## A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 > process=17975 > connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 at 2002-03-11-16:38:42.154 ## > A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 process=17975 > connected to 'localhost' at 2002-03-11-16:38:42.163 ## > A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 > number=287 process=17975 > requesting printer xn2825-m202@localhost at 2002-03-11-16:38:42.163 ## > A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 process=17975 > sending control file 'cfA287stielow' to xn2825-m202@localhost at > 2002-03-11-16:38:42.168 ## A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 > process=17975 > completed sending 'cfA287stielow' to xn2825-m202@localhost at > 2002-03-11-16:38:42.176 ## A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 > process=17975 > sending data file 'dfA287stielow' to xn2825-m202@localhost at > 2002-03-11-16:38:42.176 ## A===rezdruck@stielow+286.2.1 number=287 > process=17975 > waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-11-16:38:43.722 ## A=<NULL> > number=0 > process=17974 > waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-11-16:41:19.543 ## A=<NULL> > number=0 > process=17974 > waiting for subserver to exit at 2002-03-11-16:51:15.178 ## A=<NULL> > number=0 > process=17974 > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sergiy Kovalenko > Firmengruppe Dr. Gueldener > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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