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Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:19:37 PST8
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: system freeze-up during print jobs

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> I'm guessing that default must have changed sometime after WP-9, which is probably where
> you are at.

Actually, the change started with the release of Warp 3.0. May I suggest
that you change the PRINT01.SYS statement back to the default of not
having the /IRQ parameter. That is, use the OS/2 default of polling the
printer port, instead of using interrupts.

Also, if I were you, I would change the printer buffer to the largest
available. If you use LPT1 as your normal printer port, then that would
be:

PRINTMONBUFSIZE=2048,134,134

just like mine. If you use LPT2, then the line will be:

PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,2048,134

If you use LPT3, it becomes:

PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,2048

You have to have a buffer size for all three printer ports, LPT1, LPT2
and LPT3. The minimum is 134, the maximum is 2048.

If you make those 2 changes, you might see some improvement!
HCM

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"J. R. Fox" wrote:
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> > > > Do you have the /IRQ parameter on your PRINT01.SYS statement in CONFIG.SYS?
> > >
> > > Always had that one, in every OS/2 installation.
>
> Peter said:
>
> > If I remember correctly, the Warp Center cpu meter hits 100% when you
> > don't have /IRQ. Jordan, what does your Warp Center cpu meter do when
> > this happens?
>
> I seldom pay much attention to the Warp Center cpu meter. Instead, I've been relying on
> the cpu meter built into the C-A-D Cmdr. status bar (which is optional for C-A-D users).
> It rarely ventures anywhere in the vicinity of 100 % -- usually when certain particular
> websites do something funky that NS 4.61 can't well cope with. (Not sure yet if Mozilla
> successfully avoids this, in the same situation. I only have Mozilla on the eCS partition,
> and only NS 4.61 on the W4 / FP-9 partition. I expect this will gradually change, but so
> far I continue to spend the majority of my time on the latter.)
>
> By the way and unrelated, a few weeks back, I tried Steven's idea of using one of those
> system analysis util.s to try and uncover why 5 % to 8 % cpu utilization seems to be the
> "resting state" (no app.s running, apart from C-A-D itself) in my eCS, whereas it is 0 % in
> W4. I had already banished the eCS Clock program, so *something* is still siphoning off
> cpu cycles in eCS. I found a couple of _apparent_ culprits, wrote them down, and now
> cannot find that piece of paper ! It seemed to me they might have been items that run in
> W4 also, but maybe not. I may have to run that test again.
>
> Subsequently, Harry added:
>
> > Interesting! I don't have this parameter in my config.sys. I stopped
> > using it, when Warp went from the IRQ to the polling method as the
> > default for parallel ports. I haven't had any problems without the IRQ
> > parameter. In fact, one of the things I like best about Warp is that my
> > stuff goes to the printer really fast. And while the printer is
> > outputting, I can continue using Warp. That contrasts markedly with
> > Windoze, where I have to wait for the printer to finish, or nearly
> > finish, before I can use the system again.
>
> I'm guessing that default must have changed sometime after WP-9, which is probably where
> you are at.
>
> > On the other hand, I have the following line for the LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3
> > buffer size:
> >
> > PRINTMONBUFSIZE=2048,134,134
>
> Mine = 134,134,134 for eCS, and = 1024,1024,1024 for W4.
>
> Jordan
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