Re: Cups: canon backend hanging
On Sunday 17 July 2005 04:41 am, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> I've got a problem with the canon backend (which I don't use) hanging in
> CUPs. My load average is currently 13+, and there's nothing I can kill
> to bring down the processes.
>
> $ ps aux | grep ' [D] '
> root 19562 0.0 0.0 3388 576 ? D Jul12 0:00
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 19505 0.0 0.0 3388 576 ?
> D Jul13 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 1960 0.0 0.0
> 3388 592 ? D Jul14 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root
> 21916 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 5799 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ?
> D Jul15 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 6417 0.0 0.0
> 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root
> 7555 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 6884 0.0 0.0 3388 764 ?
> D Jul16 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 18238 0.0 0.0
> 3388 764 ? D 01:35 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon
>
>
> Any suggestions for fixing this or (since I don't have a canon printer)
> keeping the backend from running in the first place?
>
>
> Peace.
Hi, Karsten!
I had the same problem recently & was only able to rid myself of 2 different
printer backends by completely removing every vestige of any cups cache
files. I suspect that this is a bug at lest with kde and maybe with the
debian installer. I figure that the trick is in /var/log/cups
and /var/run/cups and /etc/cups being completely removed and using dpkg to
force a reinstall of the cups system from a downloaded .deb file. If you try
to remove cups the dependencies will totally screw up your system.
I was able to get rid of my old printer back ends using this process. However
I have been unable to get my new Samsung ML-2250 to actually print correctly.
If you have any tips there please advise.
--
John Foster
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