[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#569580: printing fails with "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed"

[Soeren Sonnenburg]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.2-8
Severity: grave

all printing fails with /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.3-sonne (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.112             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.28            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2.1     The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.25-3          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.25-3          Avahi common library
ii  libc6                  2.10.2-6          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcups2               1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.2-8           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.20-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.3-2         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.5-2           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.8+dfsg~alpha1-5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.8+dfsg~alpha1-5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.17-2.1        OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.1-1           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5            0.12.2-2.1        PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.3-2           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-14       userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.1-11         Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils          0.12.2-2.1        PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-7         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.25            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-5        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3  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-2.1  The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                  1.4.2-8        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-pdf                  <none>         (no description available)
ii  cups-ppdc                 1.4.2-8        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-db               20090616-1     OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine        4.0-20090509-2 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                     <none>         (no description available)
ii  smbclient                 2:3.4.5~dfsg-1 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 
ii  udev                      150-2          /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none>         (no description available)

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