Bug#1041085: printer-driver-cups-pdf: /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf crashes with signal 11 and no additional information.
Package: printer-driver-cups-pdf
Version: 3.0.1-14
Severity: normal
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Installed with apt.
Modified cups-pdf.conf to print to ${HOME}/tmp/cups-pdf
Attempt to print.
"Backend failed"
Increased cupsd.conf LogLevel to "debug"
Attempt to print.
"Backend failed"
Deleted PDF printer from cups
Forced reinstall of printer-driver-cups-pdf
Attempt to print.
"Backend failed"
Remove edit from cups-pdf.conf (e.g. back to default destination)
Attempt to print.
"Backend failed"
Attempt to find command line invocation in order to perhaps see a more useful error message.
invoke:
# lpstat -p -d
printer isxerox-8145 is idle. enabled since Fri 14 Jul 2023 12:54:50 PM EDT
printer PDF is idle. enabled since Fri 14 Jul 2023 01:24:33 PM EDT
Backend failed
system default destination: PDF
Most information from /var/log/cups/error_log:
D [14/Jul/2023:12:59:27 -0400] [Job 7] PID 963955 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops) exited with no errors.
D [14/Jul/2023:12:59:27 -0400] [Job 7] PID 963956 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf) crashed on signal 11.
W [14/Jul/2023:12:59:27 -0400] [Job 7] Backend returned status -139 (crashed)
A little frustrating because there is so little information; but I will happily execute anything you request.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.0
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'bookworm-fasttrack'), (100, 'bookworm-backports-staging')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages printer-driver-cups-pdf depends on:
ii cups 2.4.2-3
ii cups-client 2.4.2-3
ii ghostscript 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u1
ii libc6 2.36-9
ii libcups2 2.4.2-3
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.29
printer-driver-cups-pdf recommends no packages.
Versions of packages printer-driver-cups-pdf suggests:
ii system-config-printer 1.5.18-1
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
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