RE: usd/lpd bind
I have a critcal issue with usd and lpd binding (stalling/hanging at the same time), the cause is unknown. lpd is hung and displays as if the queue jobs were printing normally and the usa displays the first queued as; Job # Job description User namePri Forms Size Cps Status Delay 006779 UniVerse ograma:38226 1996 1 1000%006783 I used to get some similarly strange behavior (uv -> Solaris lp queues). I took the "shot gun" fix approach: 1) In UV Spooler/Device management I: a) created a "lock" file for each device "/tmp/uvprintername" b) instead of using /dev/null as the device for each UV printer, I created links in dev for each device pointing to the same pseudo device that /dev/null points to - so printer Jupiter would be configured in UV for DEVICE: /dev/Jupiter Lock1: /tmp/lock.Jupiter After making the above changes I still ocasionally get a "barf" condition, but it clears it self after a "usa -o -p name" followed by a usa +o... Also of note: 2) Found that (at least on older versions of Solaris) lpsched would die and jobs would simply vanish, so I added the following to the "print driver" script: # Test to see if spooler is running # Restart lp service if lpstat -r shows it's not running while [ ! -z "`lpstat -r | grep not `" ] do /etc/init.d/lp start sleep 30 done 3) I give my unix printers the same name as my uv printers, so one script service 95%+ of my printers... 4) Since the printing script is run by root you may want to make sure the permissions are set to "-rwx-r-xr-x", or even tighter. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: usd/lpd bind
David, Yes, shell script. We use a driver file for each print queue "lpr -Pp-altcrd1", physical printer or "lpr -l -Pjetform", forms processer. All very simple. John S Flory Hewlett Packard - Managed Services DBA Administrator - System Support Team 139 Frome Street ADELAIDE, SA 5001 Work: 61 8 8408 4233 Mobile: 61 417 814 579 Fax: 61 8 8408 4285 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copyright of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify HP immediately by return email and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hona, David S Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2004 1:53 PM To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: usd/lpd bind John, You don't mention how you interface to lpd? Shell scripts? All of your UV print queues are setup this way? Regards, David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Flory, John Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: usd/lpd bind I have a critcal issue with usd and lpd binding (stalling/hanging at the same time), the cause is unknown. lpd is hung and displays as if the queue jobs were printing normally and the usa displays the first queued as; Job # Job description User namePri Forms Size Cps Status Delay 006779 UniVerse ograma:38226 1996 1 1000%006783 And the rest as waiting. This is the same on all UniVerse queues, only the status % increasing as the hang continues. I have stopped usd but this had no effect. When I stopped uv all the print job on lpd printed. The customer reported multiple prints of the same job only on a "some" of the printers (still waiting for the customer to give me detail). Don't know it this a symtom or cause of the bind? Versions; OS - Tru64V4.0F 1229 uniVerse 10.0.8. SB+ 5.0/3 Has anyone seen this before. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: usd/lpd bind
John, You don't mention how you interface to lpd? Shell scripts? All of your UV print queues are setup this way? Regards, David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Flory, John Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: usd/lpd bind I have a critcal issue with usd and lpd binding (stalling/hanging at the same time), the cause is unknown. lpd is hung and displays as if the queue jobs were printing normally and the usa displays the first queued as; Job # Job description User namePri Forms Size Cps Status Delay 006779 UniVerse ograma:38226 1996 1 1000%006783 And the rest as waiting. This is the same on all UniVerse queues, only the status % increasing as the hang continues. I have stopped usd but this had no effect. When I stopped uv all the print job on lpd printed. The customer reported multiple prints of the same job only on a "some" of the printers (still waiting for the customer to give me detail). Don't know it this a symtom or cause of the bind? Versions; OS - Tru64V4.0F 1229 uniVerse 10.0.8. SB+ 5.0/3 Has anyone seen this before. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: usd/lpd bind
John, Your problem sounds vaguely familiar. It's been 5 years since I've worked in a UniVerse Unix environment, so I may be a little rusty. Looking through old documentation, I found some things similar that I've encountered on a SunOS . UniVerse 9.4 platform. That being said, I don't know if any of this will help, but it might be worth looking at. Have you examined the usa -P output for the error: ***Warning: Requested lock file already exists. (17) This was a common error I saw. Unix would be hanging on a lock and removing the lock from /usr/spool (can't remember where Tru64 puts it) would free up the printer. Duplicate job names can cause this type of situation, also. usplog would list the job twice and upon examination, with ls in the /usr/spool/uv directory we would find two files with the same first 5 digits. usplog F/usr/spool/uv/uv1835315020aaÿ J0 18 . . . . . . . . F/usr/spool/uv/uv1820815020aaÿ PL5.WD . . . . . . . . #:/usr/spool/uv>ls -lg u?18208* -rw-rw-r-- 1 mkm nta 4219 Jul 7 13:15 uv1830208983aa -rw-rw-r-- 1 klm nta 1326 Jul 7 13:17 uv1830217766aa we would respool the jobs and delete the two with the duplicate job numbers. We also saw a similar situation where the job would be listed in the usplog, but would be missing from the directory. In that case we would copy another print file to the name of the missing file and handle it like a duplicate job. Your problem, if related to any of this sounds like it could be a combination of problems. Bob Gerrish - [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:28 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote: I have a critcal issue with usd and lpd binding (stalling/hanging at the same time), the cause is unknown. lpd is hung and displays as if the queue jobs were printing normally and the usa displays the first queued as; Job # Job description User namePri Forms Size Cps Status Delay 006779 UniVerse ograma:38226 1996 1 1000%006783 And the rest as waiting. This is the same on all UniVerse queues, only the status % increasing as the hang continues. I have stopped usd but this had no effect. When I stopped uv all the print job on lpd printed. The customer reported multiple prints of the same job only on a "some" of the printers (still waiting for the customer to give me detail). Don't know it this a symtom or cause of the bind? Versions; OS - Tru64V4.0F 1229 uniVerse 10.0.8. SB+ 5.0/3 Has anyone seen this before. John S Flory Hewlett Packard - Managed Services DBA Administrator - System Support Team 139 Frome Street ADELAIDE, SA 5001 Work: 61 8 8408 4233 Mobile: 61 417 814 579 Fax: 61 8 8408 4285 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copyright of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify HP immediately by return email and destroy the original message. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
