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Date:      Wed, 14 May 1997 11:17:37 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        burton@bsampley.vip.best.com (Burton Sampley)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: printing very slow
Message-ID:  <199705141817.LAA13013@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970514081503.213D-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> from "Burton Sampley" at May 14, 97 08:19:20 am

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> Is anybody else having problems printing under -current?  I know I'm using
> an ancient printer (Epson FX 80+ 9 pin dot matrix) but now it's printing
> about 1 pass of the print head every 2 - 5 minutes.  The printer itself
> works fine in test mode.  FWIW I'm using apsfilter from the ports
> collection.  I tried removing and re-installing apsfilter, but I keep
> getting the same results.  The last time I CVSUP'ed and made world
> (include rebuilding the kernel) was yesterday afternoon (PST).

This and your other problem sound like you have a heavy loose interrupt
source in your machine.  Probably a sound card.

If it were just the build speed, I'd have said "check your 'Turbo' switch".
8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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