Turned out the issue was a bad TCP checksum which caused the printer to
ignore that packet. After attempting several times the server would call
the job timed out and resubmit. After opening a support call with Compaq
they were very helpful in finding the source of the problem and providing a
patch to resolve it.
Thanks
Bill Skulley
DynCorp I&ET
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skulley, William
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 10:08 AM
> To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject: Printing problem
>
> Greetings
>
> We are running Tru64 5.0a on an ES40. We are having problems printing a
> large file (~32MB). It will print partway through and then restart
> itself. An error message is written to the lpr.log when the job restarts:
>
> Aug 10 09:19:26 pssrv4 lpd[15419]: ERROR -- write_chars: write() failed,
> error: Broken pipe
>
> I've searched the archives for infomation on broken pipes and it is quite
> sparse. What should I be looking for as a possible cause of this problem?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill Skulley
> DynCorp I&ET
Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 15:06:29 NZST