[vox-tech] postscript printer problem

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On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:45:15PM -0700, Henry House wrote:
> I forgot to mention that I checked for processes using /dev/lp0 with lsof
> 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: esi: 00000001   edi: f88a6000   ebp: bfffe9ac   esp: c60fff64
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: Process rmmod (pid: 29043, stackpage=c60ff000)
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: Stack: f7935280 f88a7784 f88a6e95 f88a7700 f889e2c6 f7935280 f88a6000 fffffff0 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel:        f88a70f8 f88a7784 f88a6000 fffffff0 c011a837 f88a6000 fffffff0 dcffd000 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel:        bfffe9ac c0119b0a f88a6000 00000000 c60fe000 00000001 bfffe9ac c0106cdb 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: Call Trace: [<f88a7784>] [<f88a6e95>] [<f88a7700>] [<f889e2c6>] [<f88a70f8>] 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel:    [<f88a7784>] [free_module+23/172] [sys_delete_module+294/568] [system_call+51/56] 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: 
> 	May  6 14:24:22 wotan kernel: Code: 8b 42 28 85 c0 74 0c 39 d8 75 f3 8b 40 28 89 42 28 31 f6 83 
> 
> Does anyone follow the kernel mailing lists? I have found the search tools
> next to useless, since they return matches from 1996 when I search for lp
> driver problems. I'm very reluctant to re-boot the machine unless I know that
> there is a fix for the problem in a newer kernel since this machine is used
> interactively by people who don't like it when their processes dissappear ;-).

  An Oops means you have a kernel bug.  You may have to report it and assist
getting whatever that was fixed.

  If you use the advanced groups.google.com search engine you can sort
by time, restrict the search to groups related to linux, and get more than
10 items on a page.

  http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en