on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:22:19AM -0500, John Foster (jfoster@augustmail.com) wrote:
> 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.
Where?
> I suspect that this is a bug at lest with kde and maybe with the
> debian installer.
I don't run KDE itself, though I use a few apps. This is an existing
Debian install.
> 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.
I rebooted :-( 50-day uptime and a few hours to search through
everything open and close it....
The problem's gone away and not resurfaced, I'll advise if it does.
Peace.
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