NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  Updates to NetWare 4.1 PTF PSERVER.NLM
README FOR:  PSERVE.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
NetWare 4.1

ABSTRACT:

This PTF version of Pserver.nlm is an update for NetWare 4.1


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ISSUE: 

The PTF version of PSERVER.NLM included in this file addressed the following
issues:
 1-  Nprinter connection being incorrectly marked not connected due to a SPX
reinitialization problem.  The SPX keep alive packets will continue to be sent
to the nprinter client but the client will no longer be sent print job data.
 2-  NPRINTER showing on the console as "not connected" but doing an nprinter
-s shows the status of the NPRINTER as "waiting for job".  Jobs sent to the
queue are picked up by the pserver and the pserver starts servicing the job,
but nothing ever comes out the printer.  Job can be aborted at the PSERVER
console, but the connection drops to "not connected"
 3-  Printer stops servicing jobs.  The only way to restart it is to down the
PSERVER and reload it.
 4-  When trying to unload PSERVER.NLM at the server console the process seems
to hang.  This is really an SPX issue that will be resolved at a future date. 
In the meantime this is a temporary fix to PSERVER.NLM to compensate for the
SPX problem.
 Note:  The changes made to PSERVER.NLM regarding the SPX issue will not be
carried over to future versions of PSERVER.NLM.

Self-Extracting File Name: pserve.exe

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

..\
      PSERVE.TXT     (This file)
      PSERVE.TXT            2782         3-19-96     12:12:32 pm
     PSERVER.NLM           66831         2-26-96     10:20:28 am


Installation Instructions:

1-  As with all PTF versions of software, do a backup before implementing this
update.
 2-  Rename the current PSERVER.NLM in the SYSTEM directory and copy the new
PSERVER.NLM included in this file to the SYSTEM directory.
 3-  At the server console, unload PSERVER and then load the new PSERVER.NLM


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