Re: parallel port using lots of CPU
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Originally I was using lpd in the lpr package. With that, lpd showed
> as the CPU consumer. I just switched to CUPS; now parallel:/dev/lp0
> shows as the CPU consumer. My guess is that it was before, but the
> time was just being attributed to lpd.
Uh, that's a CUPS back-end, not the hardware directly. The port itself
cannot consume CPU. Well, it can, but not in the sense that you mean.
--
Marc Wilson | Playing an unamplified electric guitar is like
msw@cox.net | strumming on a picnic table. -- Dave Barry,
| "The Snake"
Reply to: