Re: CUPS/Samba help please
On (14/07/05 01:05), Johann Beretta wrote:
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> From: Johann Beretta <invalid@invalid.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:05:19 -0700
> Subject: Re: CUPS/Samba help please
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:00:15 +0200, Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >>
> >> Anyone have some insight into this? Maybe you experienced something similar and
> >> can give me a few tips on how to resolve it?
> >
> >In /etc/samba/smb.conf there is a setting:
> ># Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
> ># See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
> ># for details
> ># You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
> ># SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> > socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> >
> >You could try uncommenting the penultimate line.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Clive
> >
> <snip>
>
> P.S. AH SWEET BUDDAH. 'TIS FIXED
>
> Well, I had typed a whole giant message about why, even after trying the above,
> it still didn't work, when I happened to stumble across the fix via google and
> the Gentoo forums (hey, I was desperate)
>
> I did appreciate the suggestion above (and in fact tried it) but I didn't notice
> any difference. However, deleting two registry keys in XP proved to be the
> ultimate solution.
>
> Apparently this "bug" was introduced in Service Pack 2 (SP2)
>
> Anyhow, I'm gonna try to be as verbose about everything as possible in the
> hopes that the next poor bastard who suffers from this problem will be able to
> find this post in the archives.
>
> First the important info:
>
> Nuclear : My Windows XP SP2 machine
> Sikozu: Debian GNU/Linux "Sarge" box.
> HP LaserJet 3550N: The Printer
> and of course CUPS & Samba.
>
> Two registry keys are at fault here. (Yay MS!)
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser
> and
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModes2
>
> in DevModePerUser I have an entry of:
> \\Sikozu\Color_LaserJet_3550 <-- DELETED IT
>
> in DevModes2 I have two entries:
> \\NUCLEAR\\\Sikozu\Color_LaserJet_3550,LocalsplOnly <--- KEEP
> \\Sikozu\Color_LaserJet_3550 <--- DELETED IT
>
> Now, from what I can surmise is the fix:
>
> By deleting those two DELETED keys. I've told XP to spool to itself only. and
> then hand off the data to Samba _after_.
>
> This results in 100% CPU usage for about 10 seconds, and then *presto* I have my
> machine back. No more 5 minute freezes, etc.
>
> I'm sure someone else can probably shed more light the exact technical details,
> but long story short: It didn't work before, and now it does.
Great news ;) SP2 has a lot to answer for .... thanks for the info.
It's not something I've seen (the problem) although we have a couple of
networks where XP is printing to a Debian CUPS printer via samba.
Regards
Clive
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