What have just happened? I started originally with Linux Mint, then added Debian as affected distribution then insted of Linux Mint Ubuntu popped up and now Linux Mint is gone?
** Package changed: debian => ghostscript (Debian) ** Project changed: linuxmint => ghostscript (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ghostscript in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168487 Title: ghostscript version mismatch in 9.05~dfsg-6.2_amd64, "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed" Status in “ghostscript” package in Debian: New Bug description: I am running the latest UP 6 LMDE freshly installed, the mate edition. This is a wonderful distro and I am very fond of it , I should admit . However I found a weird bug in the ghostscript package 2) problems when trying to print, run gs,ps2pdf, atril (to view a postscript doc) 3) getting this: a) cannot print with cups (brother hl-2230), b) cannot view postscript files nor run gs/gv, nor ps2pdf utility getting the versions mismatch: ghostscript: gs: Interpreter revision (871) does not match gs_init.ps revision (905) c) when running "gs --version" or "ghostscript --version" get 8.71, which is wrong, since 9.02 is installed according to dpkg-query 4) Expecting to not have the problems above 5) The problem happens all the time 6) possible way to reproduce is: a) install the latest lmde 201303 (not the rc version) b) try adding and using a printer --> it won't c) try running gs/gv or viewing a postscript with gv or atril/evince, they won't d) try ghostscript --version and get 8.71, which is wrong, since 9.05~dfsg-6.2 is installed. More info: I started noticing some weird issues first with cups. I try to add a printer (brother HL2230) and from the past experience I know which ppd file would work with it (it did with my previous Ubuntu 10.04). Everything goes well until I get to print something, it simply won't. I try different ppds and configs. Nothing helps. Although cups debugging is enabled, the logs won't give me much clue, and I see that cups-admin would say something like "cups-filter error". I try upgrading cups and cups-filters using the sid repos, it won't help either. Interestingly and weirdly though, I got two other machines running lmde fully updated without any cups problem -- I can print from them just fine. There is one difference though, lmde was installed before the Update Pack 6 and then updated to it. It gives some clue, but not much, until I try viewing a postscript file. Atril (a mate-document-viewer) says it can't. What???? Then I try postscript tools like ps2pdf, gv they all fail, saying that there is problem in the gs_init.ps file. I do gs --version and get "8.71" What??? I thoroughly check and see that there is only dfsg-6.2_amd64 installed, the gs_init.ps wants of course 905. Hence the versions mismatch. . I try reinstalling it, purging and removing the apt archive, it would insist on the "8.71" version. I check the other lmde machines and see they are using the same 9.05~dfsg-6.2_amd64 version. The I notice that it's they also have an earlier version 9.05~dfsg- 6_amd64 in the apt archive. So I guessed that there might some incorrect configurations when 9.05~dfsg-6.2_amd64 are installed afresh. So I add the sid repos to upgrade to 9.05~dfsg-6.3_amd64 and lo and behold this fixes it! Hence my WORKARAOUND: upgrade to ghostscript and ghostscript-{-x,cups} 9.05~dfsg-6.3_amd64 that is now in Debian sid by adding in /etc/apt/sources.list: #sid repos deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1168487/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
