Re: [SOLVED] cupsd usage rises to 90+%

[Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca>]

Matt Price wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> recently added a network printer to cups and suddenly cupsd usage has
> shot through the roof -- upwards of 90% of cpu.  I especially notice
> the slowdown in firefox, where the  print dialogue comes up veeeery
> slowly.  (but the cpu usage stays high even when firefox shuts down).
> anyone else seen this?  if not, any ideas how I should try to
> diagnose it?  

found the culprit, an erroneous BrosePoll directive that tried to poll 
the printer directly.  apparently cups doesn't deal with this very well.

matt