Re: ISSUE: lp locks system when polling printer in 2.2.0pre5

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:13:15 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Eric Furbish wrote:

> Upon a soft-reboot (i.e. ctrl-alt-del or "reboot"), when lp tries to poll
> the printer, the computer freezes.

When lp tries to do what? What exactly do you mean by "poll the printer"?
When you reboot, do you have any print jobs in progress? Is anything
using the printer driver at all?

Tim.
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