Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Jun 1999 18:34:28 +0100 (GMT) | From | Tim Waugh <> | Subject | Re: linux 2.x kernel lp.c and parport.c bug |
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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Marty Leisner wrote:
> If something is being done wrong with the port, the printer should > just stop accepting data...I assume "illegal instruction" is a kernel > panic?
It's apparently the _printer_ that does that -- Linux is fine, but the _printer_ crashes.
> I've also seen the recommendation of "using write to file" from a NT > driver, then looking at the generated output...remember, it is not > IDENTICAL to what comes out of a driver speaking to a device (if the > "write to file" makes the problem occur, great, but not > necessarily...)
What's happening is that 'write to file' is done on an NT box, generating a PostScript file, which is then sent directly to the printer from an NT box and from a Linux box.
Tim. */
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