[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#556975: cups: CUPS requires intermittent restarts

[Jeff Green]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.1-4
Severity: normal

Printing from various apps, e.g. OO calc or iceweasel, at some point
fails to make it to the printer. The print job shows up in the queue, 
but does not print. Attempting to do a lprm on it fails to find the 
printer. Doing a restart, e.g. "invoke-rc.d cups restart", causes the 
previous print job to go to the printer (and print). Then after a day
or so, cups will require restarting again as above.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.28            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2       The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.25-1          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.25-1          Avahi common library
ii  libc6                  2.10.1-5          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2               1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.1-4         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.4-2           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.17-1          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler4            0.10.6-1          PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.1-4           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-13       userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.1-5          Core Perl modules
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-2         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.24            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-4        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  xpdf-utils [poppler-ut 3.02-1.4+lenny1   Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint    5.2.4-1        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups          8.70~dfsg-2    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                  1.4.1-4        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-pdf                  <none>         (no description available)
ii  cups-ppdc                 1.4.1-4        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-db               20090616-1     OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine        4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii  hplip                     3.9.4b-1       HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn  smbclient                 <none>         (no description available)
ii  udev                      146-5          /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none>         (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* cupsys/raw-print: false
* cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd