Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cups
In Karmic (9.10), printing a large pdf file (or, one of its pages
containing a large image) using Acroread (8.1.2) fails (document not
being printed).
When printing fails , the job is reported as pending and fails upon
retry a few minutes later.
Attached test file. On my system, printing page 1 works fine, printing
both, or only page 2 fails.
On failing, error_log contains:
E [31/Jul/2009:16:58:32 +0200] PID 9286 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) crashed
on signal 11!
E [31/Jul/2009:16:58:32 +0200] [Job 444] Empty print file!
E
I can confirm this problem and the all_generic_ide fix. I noticed the
problem when trying to rip or play a CD using my DVD writer. Playback of
the CD was noisy and screechy. Ripping (sound-juicer) was extremely slow
and produced files containing the same noise and screeching. Using
