Public bug reported: When printing to a PDF file (from Firefox), the PDF file is created, then deleted before the user can access it.
I tried adding info to bug #879172 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pdf/+bug/879172), but bug #879172 was closed 3 years ago. I am encountering this bug in Ubuntu 16.10 x86-64, cups-pdf 2.6.1-21 The appropriate lines in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd are: capability mknod, capability dac_override, capability dac_read_search, @{HOME}/PDF/ rw, @{HOME}/PDF/* rw, The appropriate line in cups-pdf.conf (attached in its entirety) is: Out ${HOME}/PDF The log file, /var/log/cups/cups-pdf_log, contains the following debug output: Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] title successfully retrieved (235___Bugs___cups-pdf_package___Ubuntu) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] input data read from stdin Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] output filename created (/local/home/skelem/PDF/235___Bugs___cups-pdf_package___Ubuntu.pdf) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] ghostscript commandline built (/usr/bin/ps2pdf -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="/local/home/skelem/PDF/235___Bugs___cups-pdf_package___Ubuntu.pdf" -dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c .setpdfwrite -f /var/spool/cups-pdf/SPOOL/cups2pdf-27959) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] output file unlinked (/local/home/skelem/PDF/235___Bugs___cups-pdf_package___Ubuntu.pdf) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] TMPDIR set for GhostScript (/var/tmp) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] waiting for child to exit Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] entering child process Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] GID set for current user Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] supplementary groups set for current user Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] UID set for current user (skelem) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] ghostscript has finished (32256) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] no postprocessing Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] spoolfile unlinked (/var/spool/cups-pdf/SPOOL/cups2pdf-27959) Tue Feb 7 12:13:07 2017 [DEBUG] all memory has been freed ** Affects: cups-pdf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "/etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662660/+attachment/4814961/+files/cups-pdf.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662660 Title: cups-pdf not creating any output To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pdf/+bug/1662660/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
