Scott Small on Nostr: (🧵 5/7) #GlobalTalk I apologize that my GlobalTalk node hasn't been super stable ...
(🧵 5/7) #GlobalTalk
I apologize that my GlobalTalk node hasn't been super stable lately. I'm not sure why, but the Apple Internet Router has decided to randomly start quitting, and refusing to come back up until I restart QEMU. I haven't really touched it since March, so I'm not sure what made it less stable - my guess is that it's a compatibility issue between QEMU and a recent Mac OS update.
I updated QEMU to the latest version a few days ago - I'm hoping that will make things more stable.
Meanwhile, I got my printer mostly working again. I set up my Raspberry Pi, reinstalled Raspbian, Netatalk2, and CUPS - all the same versions I had running during Marchintosh last year. However, the PPD file I was using then (and had backed up) doesn't seem to work any more - some print jobs get flipped, others would only print the corner of the page and blow up that corner to fill the page.
So I ended up switching to a generic PPD (for my printer model), which works correctly, however print jobs from certain apps (i.e. Print Shop) take 15-20 minutes to spool for some reason.
I also tried to set up a virtual PDF printer - and weirdly, it has the exact same failure mode as when I use the proper PPD file for my printer - some jobs get flipped, others print the corner of the page all blown up. So I'm wondering if the problem is CUPS itself or maybe something with the print driver on the Mac side - it's bizarre.
At some point I need to go through my GlobalTalk shares and organize them better. I'm sorry it's such a mess right now 😅
I apologize that my GlobalTalk node hasn't been super stable lately. I'm not sure why, but the Apple Internet Router has decided to randomly start quitting, and refusing to come back up until I restart QEMU. I haven't really touched it since March, so I'm not sure what made it less stable - my guess is that it's a compatibility issue between QEMU and a recent Mac OS update.
I updated QEMU to the latest version a few days ago - I'm hoping that will make things more stable.
Meanwhile, I got my printer mostly working again. I set up my Raspberry Pi, reinstalled Raspbian, Netatalk2, and CUPS - all the same versions I had running during Marchintosh last year. However, the PPD file I was using then (and had backed up) doesn't seem to work any more - some print jobs get flipped, others would only print the corner of the page and blow up that corner to fill the page.
So I ended up switching to a generic PPD (for my printer model), which works correctly, however print jobs from certain apps (i.e. Print Shop) take 15-20 minutes to spool for some reason.
I also tried to set up a virtual PDF printer - and weirdly, it has the exact same failure mode as when I use the proper PPD file for my printer - some jobs get flipped, others print the corner of the page all blown up. So I'm wondering if the problem is CUPS itself or maybe something with the print driver on the Mac side - it's bizarre.
At some point I need to go through my GlobalTalk shares and organize them better. I'm sorry it's such a mess right now 😅