Hi, The saga of the hosed cups continues.... I've done the following so far 1. switched off nscd and cups via s-c-services 2. restarted the machine 3. opened a terminal window, su, strace -o print2.txt -f system-config- printer As with yesterday, the system ground to a halt (100% processor time, lots of disc hammering). Unlike yesterday though, instead of a complete hang, the desktop cleared (nautilus and gnome-panel then restarted, though all applications I had been running had not been restarted). strace seems odd. At the start of the 2Mb file, there are piles of python bits not there (lots of things from /sbin and /usr/lib/python2.3 - such as /usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk/ltihooks.pyo and ltihooks.so) Towards the end, it seems that s-c-p is loading the printer information, but then dies suddenly at the end. If its any use, I'll tar.bz2 them (both the one from yesterday and from today) - I would imagine 4.1Mb of text will compress nicely. TTFN Paul -- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we," "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." - George W. Bush, Aug 2004
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