From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 30 7:30: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from postfix1.free.fr (postfix1.free.fr [212.27.32.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB23114FF2 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:29:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nsouch@free.fr) Received: from free.fr (paris11-nas4-46-245.dial.proxad.net [212.27.46.245]) by postfix1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA86B2811E; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:29:56 +0100 (MET) Received: (from nsouch@localhost) by free.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA00833; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:31:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nsouch) Message-ID: <20000130163149.27244@coreff.free.fr> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:31:49 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu To: David Gilbert Cc: chris@calldei.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer fiascos. References: <14483.45082.151986.340011@trooper.velocet.net> <20000129214940.J10669@holly.calldei.com> <14483.46867.83713.676590@trooper.velocet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <14483.46867.83713.676590@trooper.velocet.net>; from David Gilbert on Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 10:59:15PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD coreff 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 10:59:15PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Costello writes: > >Chris> On Saturday, January 29, 2000, David Gilbert wrote: >>> When this happens, the entire machine freezes until someone feeds >>> the printer --- the momment it starts printing again, the computer >>> unfreezes. > >Chris> Could it be a printer-specific (or printer-compatibility) >Chris> problem? My HP DeskJet 880C does not have that problem at all: > >To my mind, the printer shouldn't be able to hang the comptuer ... no >matter what it does. My biggest problem is that it hangs the system. Even if rapid interrupts are sent to the computer? A priority issue among various interrupt sources maybe. -- nsouch@free.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message