From: Markku Kivist| <markku@dmgr.fi>
Subject: Pacer products on Sun
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A751609D5B036304@4.99.103.192.in-addr.arpa>
X-Xxdate: Sun, 13 Dec 92 19:50:21 GMT
Organization: Data Manager Oy
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:49:08 GMT

Dear readers,

Does anyone have experience running PacerPrint on Sun. We have severe
problems 
with that product. What we have done is as follows:
Installed AppleTalk 2.4.11, PacerShare 2.4.8 and PacerPrint 2.4.12 on 
SPARCstation IPX running SunOS 4.1.2 (no patches) 16 MB RAM, 424 MB
internal 
hard disk and 200 MB ext hard disk. We have two printers (Apple
LaserWriter II
NT and NTX) connected via LocalTalk through Apple InternetRouter.
Varityper and HYPHEN Image Setters are connected directly to ethernet
(thin)
with Dayna EtherPrint (Ethernet to LocalTalk connection boxes). All the
Macs 
are in ethernet Zone. All the printings are from Macs.

Problems:
If I try to print several jobs to any of these printers the first one
usually 
comes out OK but the rest doesn't until I kill the related xxxxfilter
process.

Sometimes happens also that the spooler (PacerPrint) takes the job OK,
but 
when it begins to send it to the chosen printer it just disappears.

Couple of times has also happened that the whole system crashes.
IPX just goes grazy with following messages to console:

[Dec  8 23:09] [Varityper Spooler]: pid [199] setpgrp errno [1]
[Dec  8 23:54] [Hyphen Spooler]: pid [272] setpgrp errno [1]
[Dec  9 01:45]  [vt600filter]: [%%[ Error: timeout; OffendingCommand:
timeout 
]%
%
]
[Dec  9 01:45]  [vt600filter]: [%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to
end-of-file) will
be ignored ]%%
]
[Dec  9 01:50]  [vt600filter]: output_to_lw: PAPRead(EOF):failed:result
[-7064]
Dec  9 01:50:27 rotasrv vmunix: pap_read:ATpapNoSuchJob
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: s
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 50 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 256 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: Couldn't build aarp packet
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 50 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 256 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: Couldn't build aarp packet
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 50 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 256 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: Couldn't build aarp packet
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 50 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 256 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: Couldn't build aarp packet
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 50 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: allocb( 256 ) failed in alloc_msg!
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: Couldn't build aarp packet
Dec  9 01:57:41 rotasrv vmunix: xdballoc: out of dblks

These messages are printed as far as STOP-A is inserted

Thank you in advance for any hints to solve this problem.
Best regards,
/Markku


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