basicdsd

[M.sureshkumar]

In our D class server system is very slow then i checked top command,in top command "basicdsd"
process takes 98.08 % cpu usage.so i disabled
DPS( Distributed Print Service )i.e edit the file /etc/rc.config.d/pd and set the variable
PD_CLIENT equal to 0, then reboot. After rebooting the "basicdsd" process takes the same value i.e 98.08% cpu usage.How to remove this "basicdsd" process in D class server.pls give me some solution.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Do you get any errors in the syslog ?

Robert-Jan

[M.sureshkumar]

no error.I attached output syslog.log

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

could you run a "lpstat -t" and see if you can get any errors while dps is running.

[melvyn burnard]

try the following:
1. Stop DPS. # /sbin/init.d/pd stop
2. Check if all DPS processes were killed. # ps -ef | grep -E
'pdclientd|basicdsd|spooler|supervisor' If any of the above processes are still
running, kill the process (if necessary use kill -9).
3. Move the basicdsd database file. # mv /var/opt/pd/basicdsd.db
/tmp/basicdsd.db
4. Restart DPS. DPS will recreate the basicdsd.db file during startup. #
/sbin/init.d/pd start


then check to see if you still have hte problem.

[M.sureshkumar]

lpstat output

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Are you shure you are using dps for your printers ?

Check the directory /etc/lp/interface and check if all your printers have a printer_name file.

[M.sureshkumar]

problem was solved.Thanks.

[melvyn burnard]

can you enlighten us as to what solved the problem?

[M.sureshkumar]

1. Stop DPS. # /sbin/init.d/pd stop
2. Check if all DPS processes were killed. # ps -ef | grep -E
'pdclientd|basicdsd|spooler|supervisor' If any of the above processes are still
running, kill the process (if necessary use kill -9).
3. Move the basicdsd database file. # mv /var/opt/pd/basicdsd.db
/tmp/basicdsd.db
4. Restart DPS. DPS will recreate the basicdsd.db file during startup. #
/sbin/init.d/pd start

The above steps are executed in our server, then i checked top command ,basicdsd process takes 0.03 % cpu usage.i.e reduced from 98.08% to 0.03%.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

sureshkumar, You should give Melvyn a bunny (10 points) for his answer.

Regards and happy newyear
(:-)
Robert-Jan