Re: Printer will not print

From: Charles Davis (davisch57_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:34:05 -0800

Rikishi 42 wrote:

> Charles Davis wrote:
>
>> I am not a linux guru but have used it for the past year. My biggest
>> complaint is that it is so difficult to keep my printer printing. I
>> started using Gentoo and did manage to get the printer working using CUPS
>> but it would stop working frequently and finally I decided to switch to
>> SUSE (9.3) and the printer came up with no problem. I upgraded to SUSE
>> 10.0 and did a clean install. Again, the printer worked fine. A couple
>> of
>> days ago I was using YOU to get/install upsdates and the system hung. I
>> had to reboot to get it going again. Since then the printer will not
>> print
>> and I am not smart enough to find the problem. I did figure out how to
>> get
>> to the CUPS pages but couldn't make the printer print. If I try to print
>> from Gimp it says: Plug-in crashed: "Print" I have an Epson Stylus 860
>> printer using a USB connection.
>
> Looks like the crash messed one or other file/lib/conenction/whatever.
> Without even looking for exactly went wrong, have you tried the following:
> - disconnect the printer
> - use Yast to uninstall it
> - shutdown (ducking and running from the zealot crowd)
> - boot
> - install the printer as you did the first time
>
> ...and you might want to try the update again, maybe before reinstalling
> the printer.
>
>
Thank you for the response. I gave it a try but it didn't seem to help. I
think there is a problem in foomatic. I tried removing it and reinstalling
it with Yast but got the same result. Every attemp to print results in an
"abort". I find the following in the CUPS error log:

/usr/lib64/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 8255) for job 2.
I [28/Nov/2005:09:13:01 -0800] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/usb
(PID 8256) for job 2.
E [28/Nov/2005:09:13:02 -0800] PID 8255 stopped with status 3!

Previously when I changed the loglevel to debug I got the following
additional information:

D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] renderer PID kid4=12259
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] renderer command: gs -q
-dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=stp -sModel=escp2-860
-sOutputFile=- -
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] foomatic-gswrapper: gs
'-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dNOPAUSE' '-dBATCH' '-sDEVICE=stp' '-sModel=escp2-860'
'-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] sh: line 1: 12261 Segmentation fault
gs '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dNOPAUSE' '-dBATCH' '-sDEVICE=stp'
'-sModel=escp2-860' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] renderer return value: 139
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] renderer received signal: 139
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12]
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] Closing renderer
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] KID3 exited with status 3
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] Renderer exit stat: 3
D [26/Nov/2005:20:34:27 -0800] [Job 12] Process dying with "The renderer may
have dumped core.",

I checked the creation dates on the files mentioned and they are all back in
September so I don't know what the heck has failed.

Chas

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