From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jul 26 20:44: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61A337B400; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from prserv.net (out1.prserv.net [32.97.166.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4276A43E3B; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:43:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdagee@attglobal.net) Received: from slip-32-100-100-118.wa.us.prserv.net ([32.100.100.118]) by prserv.net (out1) with SMTP id <20020727034351201044qa25e>; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 03:43:52 +0000 Subject: Re: system crashes; reboots when printing From: karl agee To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: freebsd-current , freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: References: <1027734228.320.4.camel@enterprise.workgroup> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1027741457.325.2.camel@enterprise.workgroup> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 26 Jul 2002 20:44:24 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 19:24, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 6:43 PM -0700 7/26/02, karl agee wrote: > >system: 5.0-current. > > > >trying to print to a post script laser printer which works fine > >in the past. setup using apsfilter. > > > >When I attempt to print any file from any program the desktop > >locks up then the system reboots. why? > > Try copying a postscript file directly to the printer (skip > apsfilter and all of lpr), and see if you still get a system > crash. That will help to point to where the problem might be. > > If this is a networked printer, then you'll probably want to > use lpr but skip apsfilter. Excuse my newbie ignorance, but, how to do print a file bypassing lpr and apsfilter???? --karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message