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Michael Carmody

2002-Sep-02 02:30 UTC

[Samba] Slow Samba Printer initialisation, status, and printing

OK, I have been wrestling with this for two weeks now, so somebody please 
help !

We have an existing Samba Print Server, running RedHat linux, kernel 
2.2.19, that runs fine, but is a P133 with 64 mb ram. So we built a new PC, 
the slowest thing we could buy, a duron 1 ghz with 512 mb RAM. Old printer 
server is running Samba 2.2.5,  new printer server is running samba 2.2.5, 
and Slackware 8.1, kernel 2.4.18. Both are using lprng as print spooler. 
Old is currently a WINS server, the new is pointing  at the old smb WINS Server

File browsing and creation is quick, easy and no problems. Printing takes 
nearly 30 seconds to open, and another 10 seconds to initialise, and the 
print jobs take forever to come up. It is functional, but very slow. The 
new print server runs rapidly with no problems, printing/initialisation and 
file browsing. In the machine specific logs I get the following error 
message repeated two or three times before it does actually connect:

[2002/09/02 16:16:16, 0] 
rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(79)
   connect_to_client: Can't resolve address for PC194-70

There is nothing in the smbd or nmbd logs, they remain empty, except for 
server restarts, and then this error message appears in the nmbd log:

[2002/09/02 16:11:35, 0] 
nmbd/nmbd_responserecordsdb.c:find_response_record(235)
   find_response_record: response packet id 31803 received with no matching 
record.

But this only shows when server is started.

The initial browse to host and open also takes a fair while (~10secs), are 
these delays normal ? Is there something I've configure wrong ?
Any all help appreciated.

checkpc produces no errors, and lprng directly from the server to the 
printers takes neglible time (less than 3 secs to printer receiving data).

smb.conf follows:

# Global parameters
[global]
         workgroup = MDU
         server string = New MDU Print Server
         security = SERVER
         encrypt passwords = Yes
         password server = pv-mdu-server1 pv-mdu-server2
         log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
         max log size = 50
         socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 
SO_RCVBUF=4096
         preferred master = False
         local master = No
         domain master = False
         dns proxy = No
         wins server = 128.250.194.14
         printer admin = root, +ntadmin, johnm, michaelc
         printing = lprng

[Test]
         comment = Temp Files
         path = /tmp
         read only = No

[lp1]
         comment = HP5si Epi
         path = /usr/local/samba/spool
         printable = Yes
         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
         printer name = lp1

[print$]
         path = /usr/local/samba/printers
         write list = root, michaelc, johnm

[Print Room 4m+]
         comment = Print Room Laserjet 4MPlus
         path = /usr/local/samba/spool
         printable = Yes
         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
         printer name = lp4

[hp8000]
         comment = Reception Printer
         path = /usr/local/samba/spool
         printable = Yes
         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
         printer name = lp5

[Foods HP4000]
         comment = Foods HP4000
         path = /usr/local/samba/spool
         printable = Yes
         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
         printer name = lp2

[Molecular 4M+]
         comment = Molecular 4M+
         path = /usr/local/samba/spool
         printable = Yes
         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
         printer name = lp3

my printcap is as follows:

HP5siEpi | lp1 :\
         :server:\
         :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp1:\
         :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
         :mx=0:\
         :ifhp=model=hp5simx:\
         :lp=128.250.194.58%9100:

HP4kNFoods | lp2
         :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp2
         :server
         :mx=0
         :lp=128.250.194.54%9100
         :ifhp=model=hp4000
         :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp

HP4MPMol | lp3
         :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp3
         :server
         :mx=0
         :lp=128.250.194.55%9100
         :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
         :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp

HP4MPPrint | lp4
         :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp4
         :server
         :mx=0
         :lp=128.250.194.56%9100
         :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
         :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp

HP8kNRecep | lp5
         :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp5
         :server
         :mx=0
         :lp=128.250.194.57%9100
         :ifhp=model=hp8000
         :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp




Michael Carmody
MDU, Public Health Lab
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Melbourne, Parkville

Joel Hammer

2002-Sep-02 08:38 UTC

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[Samba] Slow Samba Printer initialisation, status, and printing

This sort of delay is usually a network problem or validation trouble.
Have you looked in both the nmbd and the smbd logs?
Have you looked at tcpdump during this delay?
Joel





On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:29:36PM +1000, Michael Carmody
wrote:> 
> OK, I have been wrestling with this for two weeks now, so somebody please 
> help !
> 
> We have an existing Samba Print Server, running RedHat linux, kernel 
> 2.2.19, that runs fine, but is a P133 with 64 mb ram. So we built a new PC,
> the slowest thing we could buy, a duron 1 ghz with 512 mb RAM. Old printer 
> server is running Samba 2.2.5,  new printer server is running samba 2.2.5, 
> and Slackware 8.1, kernel 2.4.18. Both are using lprng as print spooler. 
> Old is currently a WINS server, the new is pointing  at the old smb WINS
Server
> 
> File browsing and creation is quick, easy and no problems. Printing takes 
> nearly 30 seconds to open, and another 10 seconds to initialise, and the 
> print jobs take forever to come up. It is functional, but very slow. The 
> new print server runs rapidly with no problems, printing/initialisation and
> file browsing. In the machine specific logs I get the following error 
> message repeated two or three times before it does actually connect:
> 
> [2002/09/02 16:16:16, 0] 
> rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(79)
>    connect_to_client: Can't resolve address for PC194-70
> 
> There is nothing in the smbd or nmbd logs, they remain empty, except for 
> server restarts, and then this error message appears in the nmbd log:
> 
> [2002/09/02 16:11:35, 0] 
> nmbd/nmbd_responserecordsdb.c:find_response_record(235)
>    find_response_record: response packet id 31803 received with no matching
> record.
> 
> But this only shows when server is started.
> 
> The initial browse to host and open also takes a fair while (~10secs), are 
> these delays normal ? Is there something I've configure wrong ?
> Any all help appreciated.
> 
> checkpc produces no errors, and lprng directly from the server to the 
> printers takes neglible time (less than 3 secs to printer receiving data).
> 
> smb.conf follows:
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>          workgroup = MDU
>          server string = New MDU Print Server
>          security = SERVER
>          encrypt passwords = Yes
>          password server = pv-mdu-server1 pv-mdu-server2
>          log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>          max log size = 50
>          socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 
> SO_RCVBUF=4096
>          preferred master = False
>          local master = No
>          domain master = False
>          dns proxy = No
>          wins server = 128.250.194.14
>          printer admin = root, +ntadmin, johnm, michaelc
>          printing = lprng
> 
> [Test]
>          comment = Temp Files
>          path = /tmp
>          read only = No
> 
> [lp1]
>          comment = HP5si Epi
>          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
>          printer name = lp1
> 
> [print$]
>          path = /usr/local/samba/printers
>          write list = root, michaelc, johnm
> 
> [Print Room 4m+]
>          comment = Print Room Laserjet 4MPlus
>          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
>          printer name = lp4
> 
> [hp8000]
>          comment = Reception Printer
>          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
>          printer name = lp5
> 
> [Foods HP4000]
>          comment = Foods HP4000
>          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
>          printer name = lp2
> 
> [Molecular 4M+]
>          comment = Molecular 4M+
>          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
>          printer name = lp3
> 
> my printcap is as follows:
> 
> HP5siEpi | lp1 :\
>          :server:\
>          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp1:\
>          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
>          :mx=0:\
>          :ifhp=model=hp5simx:\
>          :lp=128.250.194.58%9100:
> 
> HP4kNFoods | lp2
>          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp2
>          :server
>          :mx=0
>          :lp=128.250.194.54%9100
>          :ifhp=model=hp4000
>          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> 
> HP4MPMol | lp3
>          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp3
>          :server
>          :mx=0
>          :lp=128.250.194.55%9100
>          :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
>          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> 
> HP4MPPrint | lp4
>          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp4
>          :server
>          :mx=0
>          :lp=128.250.194.56%9100
>          :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
>          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> 
> HP8kNRecep | lp5
>          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp5
>          :server
>          :mx=0
>          :lp=128.250.194.57%9100
>          :ifhp=model=hp8000
>          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Carmody
> MDU, Public Health Lab
> Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
> The University of Melbourne, Parkville
> 
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Michael Carmody

2002-Sep-02 21:28 UTC

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Thanks Joel,

TCP Dump, showed that the server as querying a defunct DNS ip, when the 
machine was taken off the DHCP and manually configured, it is behaving, and 
doing it reasonably fast as well.

Why would the DNS affect the samba ? Doesn't it use WINS for everything to 
locate machines ?

Now though I am getting a constant stream of the same error to the machine 
specific logs, again smb and nmbd logs are showing up nothing, error is as 
follows:

[2002/09/03 11:08:15, 0] 
libsmb/cliconnect.c:attempt_netbios_session_request(1091)
   attempt_netbios_session_request: PC194-70 rejected the session for name 
*SMBSERVER with error Not listening on called name
[2002/09/03 11:08:15, 0] 
rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(98)
   connect_to_client: machine PC194-70 rejected the NetBIOS session request.

Machine 194-70 is my WinXP machine, why would the samba server be trying to 
establish a netbios session to it ?
I have enabled Netbios over TCP for my WinXP machine, and it has the WINS 
server entered in the WINS field.

The wins.dat on the samba WINS server (not the problem machine), contains 
this line for pc194-70:
"PC194-70#00" 1031316178 128.250.194.70 64R

And no others.

Any clues as to what it causing the extraneous vomit in my logs ?

-Michael

smb.conf is at bottom of original email


At 08:37 AM 2/09/2002 -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:>This sort of delay is usually a network problem or validation trouble.
>Have you looked in both the nmbd and the smbd logs?
>Have you looked at tcpdump during this delay?
>Joel
>
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:29:36PM +1000, Michael Carmody wrote:
> >
> > OK, I have been wrestling with this for two weeks now, so somebody
please
> > help !
> >
> > We have an existing Samba Print Server, running RedHat linux, kernel
> > 2.2.19, that runs fine, but is a P133 with 64 mb ram. So we built a
new
> PC,
> > the slowest thing we could buy, a duron 1 ghz with 512 mb RAM. Old
printer
> > server is running Samba 2.2.5,  new printer server is running samba
2.2.5,
> > and Slackware 8.1, kernel 2.4.18. Both are using lprng as print
spooler.
> > Old is currently a WINS server, the new is pointing  at the old smb 
> WINS Server
> >
> > File browsing and creation is quick, easy and no problems. Printing
takes
> > nearly 30 seconds to open, and another 10 seconds to initialise, and
the
> > print jobs take forever to come up. It is functional, but very slow.
The
> > new print server runs rapidly with no problems,
printing/initialisation
> and
> > file browsing. In the machine specific logs I get the following error
> > message repeated two or three times before it does actually connect:
> >
> > [2002/09/02 16:16:16, 0]
> > rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(79)
> >    connect_to_client: Can't resolve address for PC194-70
> >
> > There is nothing in the smbd or nmbd logs, they remain empty, except
for
> > server restarts, and then this error message appears in the nmbd log:
> >
> > [2002/09/02 16:11:35, 0]
> > nmbd/nmbd_responserecordsdb.c:find_response_record(235)
> >    find_response_record: response packet id 31803 received with no 
> matching
> > record.
> >
> > But this only shows when server is started.
> >
> > The initial browse to host and open also takes a fair while (~10secs),
are
> > these delays normal ? Is there something I've configure wrong ?
> > Any all help appreciated.
> >
> > checkpc produces no errors, and lprng directly from the server to the
> > printers takes neglible time (less than 3 secs to printer receiving
data).
> >
> > smb.conf follows:
> >
> > # Global parameters
> > [global]
> >          workgroup = MDU
> >          server string = New MDU Print Server
> >          security = SERVER
> >          encrypt passwords = Yes
> >          password server = pv-mdu-server1 pv-mdu-server2
> >          log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> >          max log size = 50
> >          socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096
> > SO_RCVBUF=4096
> >          preferred master = False
> >          local master = No
> >          domain master = False
> >          dns proxy = No
> >          wins server = 128.250.194.14
> >          printer admin = root, +ntadmin, johnm, michaelc
> >          printing = lprng
> >
> > [Test]
> >          comment = Temp Files
> >          path = /tmp
> >          read only = No
> >
> > [lp1]
> >          comment = HP5si Epi
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
> >          printable = Yes
> >          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
> >          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
> >          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
> >          printer name = lp1
> >
> > [print$]
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/printers
> >          write list = root, michaelc, johnm
> >
> > [Print Room 4m+]
> >          comment = Print Room Laserjet 4MPlus
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
> >          printable = Yes
> >          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
> >          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
> >          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
> >          printer name = lp4
> >
> > [hp8000]
> >          comment = Reception Printer
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
> >          printable = Yes
> >          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
> >          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
> >          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
> >          printer name = lp5
> >
> > [Foods HP4000]
> >          comment = Foods HP4000
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
> >          printable = Yes
> >          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
> >          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
> >          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
> >          printer name = lp2
> >
> > [Molecular 4M+]
> >          comment = Molecular 4M+
> >          path = /usr/local/samba/spool
> >          printable = Yes
> >          print command = /usr/bin/lpr -U%U@%M -P %p -r %s
> >          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -U%U@%M -P %p
> >          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Uroot -P %p %j
> >          printer name = lp3
> >
> > my printcap is as follows:
> >
> > HP5siEpi | lp1 :\
> >          :server:\
> >          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp1:\
> >          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> >          :mx=0:\
> >          :ifhp=model=hp5simx:\
> >          :lp=128.250.194.58%9100:
> >
> > HP4kNFoods | lp2
> >          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp2
> >          :server
> >          :mx=0
> >          :lp=128.250.194.54%9100
> >          :ifhp=model=hp4000
> >          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> >
> > HP4MPMol | lp3
> >          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp3
> >          :server
> >          :mx=0
> >          :lp=128.250.194.55%9100
> >          :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
> >          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> >
> > HP4MPPrint | lp4
> >          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp4
> >          :server
> >          :mx=0
> >          :lp=128.250.194.56%9100
> >          :ifhp=model=hp4mplus
> >          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> >
> > HP8kNRecep | lp5
> >          :sd=/home/mdu-print/printers/lp5
> >          :server
> >          :mx=0
> >          :lp=128.250.194.57%9100
> >          :ifhp=model=hp8000
> >          :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Carmody
> > MDU, Public Health Lab
> > Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
> > The University of Melbourne, Parkville
> >
> > --
> > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> > instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Michael Carmody
MDU, Public Health Lab
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Melbourne, Parkville

Gerald Carter

2002-Sep-02 23:15 UTC

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On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Michael Carmody wrote:
> File browsing and creation is quick, easy and no problems. Printing takes 
> nearly 30 seconds to open, and another 10 seconds to initialise, and the 
> print jobs take forever to come up. It is functional, but very slow. The 
> new print server runs rapidly with no problems, printing/initialisation and
> file browsing. In the machine specific logs I get the following error 
> message repeated two or three times before it does actually connect:
> 
> [2002/09/02 16:16:16, 0] 
> rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(79)
>    connect_to_client: Can't resolve address for PC194-70
This is the print notification back channel needed to send 
asynchronous updates to connected clients.  smbd cannot resolve
the address to the client name used in the netbios session setup.
Fix your name resolution and the delay will go away.

> [global]
>          workgroup = MDU
>          server string = New MDU Print Server
>          security = SERVER
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>          encrypt passwords = Yes
>          password server = pv-mdu-server1 pv-mdu-server2
Why are you using server mode security?  It is not very good for the 
health of you samba PDC as compared to domain mode security.




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