Bug#926836: libgs9 and libgs9-common 9.27~dfsg-1 break printing: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'
control: reassign -1 cups-filters control: forcemerge 926576 -1 Quoting Rob Oosterling (2019-04-11 09:28:16) > After upgrading to said version, printing stops working (Brother HL-1430). > > Error message: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'. > > From Cups error log: > > GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > Process is dying with \"Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1 > \", exit stat 3 > > > Reverting to version libgs9_9.26a~dfsg-2_amd64 and > libgs9-common_9.26a~dfsg-2_all resolved the issue. cups-filters is ultimately to blame for this: It relied on undocumented pseudo-postscript calls recently removed from Ghostscript because they turned out to cause security issues. The bug should be fixed in a recent update to cups-filters. Thanks for reporting. Next time you file a bugreport, it helps if you try check for existing bugs first, including bugs that "affects" the package you intend to file a bug against. Regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Processed: Re: Bug#926836: libgs9 and libgs9-common 9.27~dfsg-1 break printing: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'
Processing control commands:
> reassign -1 cups-filters
Bug #926836 [libgs9 and libgs9-common] libgs9 and libgs9-common 9.27~dfsg-1
break printing: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'
Bug reassigned from package 'libgs9 and libgs9-common' to 'cups-filters'.
Ignoring request to alter found versions of bug #926836 to the same values
previously set
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #926836 to the same values
previously set
> forcemerge 926576 -1
Bug #926576 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters]
cups-filters: uses undocumented code gone since ghostscript 9.27
Bug #926787 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] "filter
failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to determine number of pages"
Bug #926789 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] ghostscript:
unrecoverable error -> cups: no print, return "Filter failed"
Bug #926836 [cups-filters] libgs9 and libgs9-common 9.27~dfsg-1 break printing:
'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'
Severity set to 'important' from 'normal'
Marked Bug as done
Added indication that 926836 affects ghostscript
Marked as fixed in versions cups-filters/1.22.5-1 and cups-filters/1.21.6-5.
Bug #926787 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] "filter
failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to determine number of pages"
Bug #926789 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] ghostscript:
unrecoverable error -> cups: no print, return "Filter failed"
Merged 926576 926787 926789 926836
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926789: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926789
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Bug#926836: libgs9 and libgs9-common 9.27~dfsg-1 break printing: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'
Package: libgs9 and libgs9-common Version: 9.27~dfsg-1 After upgrading to said version, printing stops working (Brother HL-1430). Error message: 'Printer State:' is 'Idle - Filter failed'. From Cups error log: GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 Process is dying with \"Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1 \", exit stat 3 Reverting to version libgs9_9.26a~dfsg-2_amd64 and libgs9-common_9.26a~dfsg-2_all resolved the issue.
Processed (with 1 error): reassign 926576 to cups-filters, forcibly merging 926789 926576
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> reassign 926576 cups-filters
Bug #926576 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters]
cups-filters: uses undocumented code gone since ghostscript 9.27
Ignoring request to reassign bug #926576 to the same package
> forcemerge 926789 926576
Bug #926789 [ghostscript] ghostscript: unrecoverable error -> cups: no print,
return "Filter failed"
Unable to merge bugs because:
package of #926576 is 'cups-filters' not 'ghostscript'
Failed to forcibly merge 926789: Did not alter merged bugs.
> thanks
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Processed: reassign 926789 to cups-filters, forcibly merging 926576 926789
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:
> reassign 926789 cups-filters
Bug #926789 [ghostscript] ghostscript: unrecoverable error -> cups: no print,
return "Filter failed"
Bug reassigned from package 'ghostscript' to 'cups-filters'.
No longer marked as found in versions ghostscript/9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u1.
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #926789 to the same values
previously set
> forcemerge 926576 926789
Bug #926576 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters]
cups-filters: uses undocumented code gone since ghostscript 9.27
Bug #926787 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] "filter
failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to determine number of pages"
Bug #926789 [cups-filters] ghostscript: unrecoverable error -> cups: no print,
return "Filter failed"
Marked Bug as done
Added indication that 926789 affects ghostscript
Marked as fixed in versions cups-filters/1.22.5-1 and cups-filters/1.21.6-5.
Bug #926787 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters] "filter
failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to determine number of pages"
Merged 926576 926787 926789
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926789: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926789
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Processed: reassign 926787 to cups-filters, forcibly merging 926576 926787
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:
> reassign 926787 cups-filters
Bug #926787 [ghostscript] "filter failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to
determine number of pages"
Bug reassigned from package 'ghostscript' to 'cups-filters'.
No longer marked as found in versions ghostscript/9.27~dfsg-1.
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #926787 to the same values
previously set
> forcemerge 926576 926787
Bug #926576 {Done: Didier Raboud } [cups-filters]
cups-filters: uses undocumented code gone since ghostscript 9.27
Bug #926787 [cups-filters] "filter failed" in CUPS, error log says "Unable to
determine number of pages"
Severity set to 'important' from 'normal'
Marked Bug as done
Added indication that 926787 affects ghostscript
Marked as fixed in versions cups-filters/1.21.6-5 and cups-filters/1.22.5-1.
Merged 926576 926787
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