[wplug] Too busy printing?

[Weber, Larry A]

Thanks, I will try this but the main problem is that the system is 100% busy
with whatever it is doing with the harddrive.  It responds occasionally to a
mouse move but not the keyboard or mouse keys, so I have no way to take
control except turning it off.

-laweber

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org
> [SMTP:wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Brian A.
> Seklecki
> Sent:	Monday, May 23, 2005 11:16 PM
> To:	General user list
> Subject:	Re: [wplug] Too busy printing?
> 
> Kill CUPS:
> 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups stop
> 
> Or:
> 
> $ lpstat -s
> system default destination: HP1000
> device for Deadset: ipp://deadset:631/printers/InvoicePrinter
> device for HP1000: smb://LITTLE-CHINA/lithium.priv.initzer0.com/HP_1000
> 
> 
> $ lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: HP1000
> device for Deadset: ipp://deadset:631/printers/InvoicePrinter
> device for HP1000: smb://LITTLE-CHINA/lithium.priv.initzer0.com/HP_1000
> Deadset accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
> HP1000 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
> printer Deadset is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
> printer HP1000 is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
> 
> 
> Check the man pages for lpstat(1), lp(1), lpr(1), cupsd(8), disable(8),
> enable(8), cancel(8)
> 
> ~BAS
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 09:44, Weber, Larry A wrote:
> > A month ago our home PC mercifully committed harddrive suicide and took
> its
> > M$ operating system with it.   A new drive and Fedora Core 3 got us back
> up
> > and running quickly.  Everything has worked great for a few weeks.  The
> wife
> > quickly adapted to FireFox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice.
> > 
> > Then this weekend we attempted to print an email attachment (from
> Borders).
> > It printed fine.  And then it printed again.  And then the PC just
> started
> > banging away at the harddrive.  I could not get control to find out what
> was
> > running.  I had to turn the PC off and reboot.  A couple of seconds
> after
> > logging back in as the user the printer prints the email and lock-up.
> If I
> > am quick I can get a terminal window open which prevents the harddrive
> > accesses.  The printer queue was empty and I could not identify any task
> > that would cause this problem.  I un-installed the printer and it
> appears to
> > be o.k. now.
> > 
> > Other than the "lp" commands is there anyway of tracking what the
> printer is
> > doing?  If the PC is busy 100% on some task is there a way to break the
> > operation, equivalent to the three finger salute?  I want to reinstall
> the
> > printer but am concerned that it will start up this cycle again.
> > 
> > -laweber
> > 
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