Jobs don't print until web interface .cgi program executed

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Fri Dec 29 05:23:44 PST 2006


Paul Smedley wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've managed to build CUPS & gutenprint on OS/2and printing works 
> quite nicely to an ipp or lpd server - still need to work on USB 
> support.
> 
> However, after I print a job - it sits there doing nothing, UNTIL I 
> access localhost:631/printers.cgi or localhost:631/jobs.cgi and then 
> the job prints.
> 
> error_log indicates the following:
> d [29/Dec/2006:13:27:26 -09-30] cupsdDoSelect: select() returned 0...
> d [29/Dec/2006:13:27:26 -09-30] cupsdCheckJobs: 1 active jobs, 
> sleeping=0, reload=0
> d [29/Dec/2006:13:27:26 -09-30] cupsdCheckJobs: Job 29: state_value=5,
> loaded=yes
> d [29/Dec/2006:13:27:26 -09-30] select_timeout: 8 seconds to send 
> browse update
> d [29/Dec/2006:13:27:26 -09-30] cupsdDoSelect: selecting 17 fds for 8 
> seconds...
> this repeats every 8 seconds or so until something is run and then it 
> prints.
> 
> During this time, lpd is still running.
> 
> I guess this could be a bug in the ported code somewhere, but could 
> also be a configuration issue.  Anyone seen anything like this before?

Nope, more than likely there is some issue with the select()
functionality...

-- 
______________________________________________________________________
Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com




More information about the cups mailing list