Bug#526686: unable to write data [..] Cannot allocate memory

[Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>]

Package: hplip
Version: 2.8.6.b-4

My printer is a Deskjet F2180 and is attached by USB to araminta, which 
is running an up to date lenny install.  The original client in this 
case was Firefox running on Windows.  It was probably trying to print a 
PDF (but the user isn't 100% sure).

Anyway instead of printing the following error is repeatedly logged to 
user.log:

May  2 18:01:15 araminta Deskjet_F2100_series?serial=CN86P4Q5F004TK: 
io/hpmud/musb.c 1338: unable to write data 
hp:/usb/Deskjet_F2100_series?serial=CN86P4Q5F004TK: Cannot allocate memory

$ grep -c 'unable to write data' /var/log/user.log
215621

Once would have been enough!

I checked with free(1) and my computer has plenty of memory.

ii  hp-ppd         0.9-0.1        HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) 
files
ii  hpijs          2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS 
drive
ii  hpijs-ppds     2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS 
PPD fi
ii  hplip          2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging System 
(HPLIP)
ii  hplip-data     2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
ii  hplip-doc      2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging - 
documentatio
ii  hplip-gui      2.8.6.b-4      HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI 
utilitie
ii  cups           1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii  cups-bsd       1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD 
comman
ii  cups-client    1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
client pro
ii  cups-common    1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
common fil
ii  cups-driver-gu 5.0.2-4        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  cups-pdf       2.4.8-3        PDF printer for CUPS
ii  cupsddk        1.2.3-5        CUPS Driver Development Kit
ii  cupsddk-driver 1.2.3-5        CUPS Driver Development Kit - Driver files
ii  cupsys-driver- 5.0.2-4        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  hal-cups-utils 0.6.16-3       Utilities to detect and configure 
printers a
ii  libcups2       1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
ii  libcups2-dev   1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
developmen
ii  libcupsimage2  1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
image libs
ii  libcupsys2     1.3.8-1lenny5  Common UNIX Printing System 
(transitional pa
ii  libgnomecups1. 0.2.3-3        GNOME library for CUPS interaction
ii  python-cups    1.9.31-1       Python bindings for CUPS
ii  python-cupsuti 1.0.0-4        Python utility modules around the CUPS 
print

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