Re: CUPS Problem: "Unable to start filter "pdftoraster" - Success."

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

AG wrote:
> Hi list
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction of a fix/workaround for 
> this apparent bug please.
> Nothing prints at present and the webadmin page displays: "Unable to 
> start filter "pdftoraster" - Success."
>
> The only result using Google I can find is: 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/584860 
> which doesn't bode well as I too am running an AMD64 using Squeeze.
>
> Restarting the printer and attempting a test page fails quietly.
> Thanks for any assist.
>
> AG
Well - I'll be a monkey's uncle:  I rebooted today and miraculously the 
printer is now working.  I thought this only happened in Windows-World 
not under GNU/Linux where a reboot fixes a problem.  I can imagine - I'd 
spend months hunting down a phantom problem when all it takes is a reboot.

So much for my thread on uptimes ... it actually seems that for a 
relative Deb-noob like me, sometimes a reboot will clear out the bugs 
and get one's system working again.

So - apparently it wasn't a bug ... go figure!

AG