I have added a patch/fix/ripped stuff out
and seem to have solved this problem. I will be putting out a
new release when time and my location permit.
Patrick ("Spare time? What is that?") Powell
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 6 05:13:13 2002
> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 14:13:00 +0100
> From: Reiner Linnenkohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: jobs disappears from queue - LPRng-3.8.13/14/15
>
> Hello Patrick,
>
> since then i installed one of this three Packages (LPRng-3.8.13/14/15)
> get
> a strange effect; if i send a few jobs in a short time (one after the
> other immediately) the system
> only print the first and second job, the other jobs appears admittedly
> in the queue, but only the first and second would be
> marked as "active" and after printing this two all other jobs disappear
> from the queue ... without
> printing (and they never are marked as "active").
>
> In the following case i tried to print 5 times the file trace.txt:
>
> Printer: insp2@inssv1 'Laserjet 5simx'
> Queue: 5 printable jobs
> Server: pid 28303 active
> Unspooler: pid 28304 active
> Status: waiting for subserver to exit at 13:42:34.485
> Filter_status: done at 13:41:08.882
> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size
> Time
> active linnen@inscl2+271 A 271 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:31
> 2 linnen@inscl2+272 A 272 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
> 3 linnen@inscl2+273 A 273 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
> 4 linnen@inscl2+274 A 274 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:33
> 5 linnen@inscl2+275 A 275 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:34
>
> ...
> active linnen@inscl2+272 A 272 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
> 2 linnen@inscl2+273 A 273 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
> 3 linnen@inscl2+274 A 274 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:33
> 4 linnen@inscl2+275 A 275 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:34
> done linnen@inscl2+271 A 271 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:31
>
> ...
> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size
> Time
> 1 linnen@inscl2+275 A 275 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:34
> done linnen@inscl2+271 A 271 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:31
> done linnen@inscl2+272 A 272 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
>
> ...
> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size
> Time
> done linnen@inscl2+271 A 271 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:31
> done linnen@inscl2+272 A 272 trace.txt 162
> 13:42:32
>
> I 've got only 271 and 272, the rest disappeared from the queue without
> a track !
> Here my /etc/printcap entry:
>
> insp2
> :send_data_first:
> :force_localhost@
> :perms_path=/etc/lpd.perms
> :cm=Laserjet 5simx
> :mc=20
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/insp2
> :lp=172.22.68.80%9100:append_z=a4,duplex
> :ifhp=model=hp5simx
> :filter=/tools/misc/libexec/filters/ifhp
> :af=/var/log/LPRnglog
> :as=|/tools/misc/libexec/filters/accounting.pl start
> :ae=|/tools/misc/libexec/filters/accounting.pl end
> :sh:ff
>
> The LPRng is installed on a Solaris-Box (SunOS inssv1 5.8
> Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc)
> With the same configuration with LPRng-3.8.12 it works fine.
>
> Thank's a lot for help,
> Reiner
>
>
> --
> Reiner Linnenkohl
> Universit�t Karlsruhe - Nachrichtentechnik
> Systemadministration - Tel.: +49 721 608-6502
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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