Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:11:56 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Mark Kane" <mark@mkproductions.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: linux-opera-9.27.20080331 (Machine freezes when printing) Message-ID: <op.t9kfp6td9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20080413131241.43f0c28f@mkproductions.org> References: <20080413131241.43f0c28f@mkproductions.org>
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:12:41 -0500, Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> = wrote: > Hi. > > I'm experiencing a problem when printing with the latest version of > linux-opera. When I go to print a job with a clean start of the > program, the entire machine will freeze up under certain circumstances= . > > The first job of the Opera session prints perfectly. By first job I > mean I start Opera up, print one job, and it comes out properly. > However when I go to print something else while still running that sam= e > instance of Opera, everything will freeze right as the final "Print" > button is clicked. > > The clock stops, the mouse won't move, any sound playing stutters > indefinitely, SSH sessions from other machines into this one freeze up= > and cannot reconnect, pings to the machine stop responding, etc. I hav= e > tried this several times now with slightly different methods. Sometime= s > the machine just sits there hung up until I do a hard shutdown and > other times it has panicked and rebooted itself after a minute or so. = I > have gotten some output in /var/log/messages on one test and a coredum= p > on another which I will post and explain below[1]. > > I have tried this with my regular Opera saved session which has lots o= f > tabs open as well as a completely clean "profile" (starting with a new= > ~/.linux-opera). Each time the first print job of that instance works > fine but the second one causes the freeze. I have tried waiting until > the first job is completely printed as well as printing one immediatel= y > after the other, both result in the freeze on the second job. I have > also tried with different pages and it happens on the second job > regardless of the page content. The unclean shutdowns have also caused= > some data loss, mainly just the autosave.win file that I have noticed > but it's worth noting. > > I have Opera setup to print to a "Custom Printer" (CUPS) with the > "Printer Program": "/usr/local/bin/lpr" > > And "Parameter": "-PBrother_HL-5250DN_series_192.168.1.10" > > I think this is a fairly recent issue as I do not remember it in the > past at all. I have been keeping pretty current with my ports as well > as updating to the latest RELENG_7 every few weeks. I do know that it > wasn't introduced in the very latest version (9.27) as I was > experiencing it in 9.26 as well but got caught up in other things for = a > week or so before being able to test this more and report it. By the > time I got to testing, the port was updated to 9.27, which I am runnin= g > now and can confirm it still happens on. > > I have tried printing with other applications, both Linux and native, > such as Adobe Acrobat (8), Claws Mail, the lpr binary from the command= > line, etc, and I cannot reproduce the problem with any of them so I > don't think it's a general Linux emulation or CUPS problem. I'm not > sure what area this problem is so that's why I'm emailing the > maintainer and ports@ for now. > > I am running RELENG_7 and an updated ports tree as of Friday afternoon= > USA time. Some versions are: > > linux-opera-9.27.20080331 > cups-base-1.3.7_2 > > FreeBSD amd645200.localhost 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #6: Fri Apr > 11 16:37:21 CDT 2008 > mixx941@amd645200.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMD645200 amd64 > > I'm willing to help however I can to track the problem down. Right now, I don't have printer. I don't know how to help you. Try to ru= n = 'linux-opera -debughelp' and try to use one of debug option to see if it= = helps you to find something wrong with linux-opera. > Thanks in advance, > > -Mark > > [1] =3D > http://tntpowerhost.com/mixx941/freebsd/linux-opera_printing_output_1 This one best send to freebsd-stable@. Cheers, Mezz -- = mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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