Re: apsfilter 6.1.1: [machine reboots after printing, no warning]

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

gw wrote:
> 
> Hi -
> 
> The printing seems to be -nearly- there, but once a page is finished, the machine reboots.  There isn't any warning, the machine does not go into ddb> mode, there are no coreflies left.  It just reboots.  Of course, once it reboots, lpd thinks there is -still- a job to print, so it tries again.  And reboots.
> 
> Printing ASCII text produces no problems.  Printing ASCII text with simple-minded filters to remove 'stair-stepping' produces no problems.  It is only the more complicated printing that causes the problem.
> 
> I have attached exactly one logfile, which is log.apsf.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
> 
> -Greg White

Wierd.

My guess is that it's a hardware problem, probably flaky memory.
Whenever ghostscript is working, it produces a heavy load on the
machine, so it's likely to detect erroneous RAM chips.

Whenever you use simple printing procedures (plain text), the
machine doesn't reboot, since it's not that stressed.

Does the same problem occur when you try to convert a PS file
with ghostscript manually?

Maybe you should try to run a good memory tester on your machine,
or adjust the latency timings etc. in the BIOS.

I doubt that it's an apsfilter related problem. Rebooting is the
last thing I'd expect from a spooler :)


HTH
Michael