OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 102141-06 Keywords: SPARCprinter II XRAM memory long document Synopsis: OBSOLETED by WITHDRAWN Date: Dec/03/96 Dec/20/96: Some post-release installation problems have been reported with this patch rev, therefore it has been rescinded. A new rev which corrects this problem is expected to be released within approximately two weeks. Solaris Release: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 SunOS Release: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Unbundled Product: SPARCprinter II Unbundled Release: 1.0 Relevant Architectures: sun4c sun4m sun4d BugId's fixed with this patch: 1173378 1177389 1194989 1236257 1256948 1256948 Changes incorporated in this version: 1170396 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: WITHDRAWN on Dec/20/96 Files included with this patch: NeWSprint: /opt/NeWSprint/drivers/bpp/bpp SPARCprinter II: /opt/SPARCprinterII/printer_classes/SPARCprinterII/bin/bpp /opt/SPARCprinterII/printer_classes/SPARCprinterII/bin/engine_ctl_SPARCprinterII Problem Description: 1170396 Jobs greater than 255 pages will fail (From 102141-05) 1256948 poll(2) can't keep correct timeout when BPPIOC_ABACO_RESET retrying on bpp (From 102141-04) 1194989 SPARCprinter II does not print the 1st job in the waiting queue when powered-up (From 102141-03) WITHDRAWN (From 102141-02) WITHDRAWN (From 102141-01) 1173378 SPARCprinter II reports printer failure: XRAM memory error. 1177389 problems when trying to print large documents to the SPARCprinterII. Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- Refer to the Install.info file for instructions on using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below as special instructions. Special Install Instructions: ----------------------------- NOTE: Do basically the same procedure for backoutpatch, substituting the applicable backoutpatch command for the installpatch command in Step 4. Details for backoutpatch follow the instructions for installpatch below. 1. Log in as superuser (root): # su Password: 2. Disable the printing server, shutdown lp system: # lpshut 3. find the NeWSprint's server and kill it. # ps -aef |grep nodev server_id # kill -9 server_id 4. Apply the patch by typing: # /102141-06/installpatch /102141-06 where is the directory containing the patch and is the patch number. must be a full path name. 5. Enable the printing server, start lp system again: # /usr/lib/lpsched 6. remove the SPARCprinter II. # rm_np_printer 7. add a SPARCprinter II. # add_np_printer -t 8. Confirm the latest bpp driver being installed properly by looking at the version and date (bpp 1.84 96/08/26). # modinfo | grep bpp 104 f5917000 10f84 73 1 bpp (bpp 1.84 96/08/26) Note: If the new bpp driver does not get installed, cd /opt/NeWSprint/bin, execute add_np_driver, and select bpp. Alternatively, check /opt/NeWSprint/drivers/bpp/install/defaults.bpp file, and change variable NO_DRIVER from 1 to nothing. Then redo the step 6 thru step 8.