[comp.sys.apollo] LPD dies for no aparent reason, and doesn't restart

ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III) (05/01/90)

Hi kids, I was going to include this gripe in my previous posting,
but didn't find it appropriate for comp.laser-printers...

For no aparent reason, the parent /usr/lib/lpd doesn't start child
processes when print jobs arrive.  It just sits and let's them stack
up until we:

- /etc/lpc stop p391g (or whatever queue it is)
- ps ax ... find the PID for /usr/lib/lpd
- kill -9 PID for lpd
- restart /usr/lib/lpd
- /etc/lpc start p391g (or whatever queue it is)

Zumtymes it werks, zumtyme it nowerk.  Is this simply a poor
implementation of the Berkely spooler, or is it a problem with
DomainIX?

Thanx folks...

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