On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:45:11PM +0200, Christian Reiber wrote:
> Hello Patrick,
>
> this is a reply to the thread "LPRng: HF_NAME information missing" in the
> LPrng mailing list (the latest entry of that thread dates
> Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:15:58 -0800). Sorry that I send this mail directly to you,
> but it contains a solution which I do not want to release to the list before
> you have reviewed -- it is based on a more than vague knowledge what is going
> on, so I do not dare to publish it.
>
> You proposed a patch and two list members reported that this patch does
> not solve the problem. I experienced the same in a setup a where a
> FreeBSD client with a plain classic lpd prints to a remote print server
> which runs LPRng.
>
> I slightly changed the patch (for common/lpd_rcvjob.c) and now it works for me.
> I changed this line (line 435 in lpd_rcvjob.c):
>
> ------
> DEBUGF(DRECV2)("Receive_job: eof on transfer, job.info.count %d, files.count
> %d",
> job.info.count, files.count );
> if( hold_fd ){
> if( !discarding_large_job ){
> ------
> DEBUGF(DRECV2)("Receive_job: eof on transfer, job.info.count %d, files.count
> %d",
> job.info.count, files.count );
> ! if( hold_fd > 0){
> if( !discarding_large_job ){
> ------
>
> Traces showed that Check_for_missing_files() was called twice for this
> job, once from line 402 in lpd_rcvjob.c and a second time from line 439.
> I assume that this second call should not happen unless an hold file is
> allocated (so perhaps a "if (hold_fd != -1)" would even be better).
>
> I now have no more printing delays when submitting a print job. (I just have
> one of those [EMAIL PROTECTED] problems where the printer is locked up after the
> first
> postscript job and unfortunately I have not yet discovered what it is missing;
> printing from a Windows box the same way works flawlessly, using tons of
> driver code supplied by the vendor. So it must be something in the postscript
> which makes it hang :-(
>
> In case you agree you will possibly want to post it on the list as a
> follow-up to the mentioned thread (I am not a list member).
>
> Cheers .... Christian
>
> --
> Christian Reiber, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This appears to be the case.
I will add the patch and repost it.
--
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies
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Network and System San Diego, CA 92111
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)
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