Bug#605434: narrowed it down to version 1.4.4-5

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

tags 605434 moreinfo
thanks



On Fri 22 Apr 2011 at 10:06:48 -0400, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote:

> Using the debian snapshot repository, I have narrowed the issue down to
> the breakage occurring in version 1.4.4-5 as version 1.4.4-4 works.
> There are only two changes in that version according to the changelog:

[Snip]

> It looks like the second change by Till Kamppeter is what killed the
> ps-print from emacs.  I don't know if this is an emacs or cups problem.
> I am suspecting a cups problem.  I had forgotten about this bug when I
> submitted bug report 623612 for emacs.  Version 1.4.4-5 is the first
> version I get the errors on the printout itself as described in the
> initial bug report.  It is also the first version that I get an error in
> the cups log:
> 
> E [21/Apr/2011:13:29:52 -0400] [Job 6] No %%BoundingBox: comment in
> header!

The patch mentioned may or may not have been a trigger for causing your
problem. It is still used in Wheezy; is the issue still present there?
Please say also what make and model your printer is and what PPD/driver
it uses.

Regards,

Brian.