[Nix-dev] cups executing wrong filter

[Samuel]

Thanks. I'll try to find time to debug this and keep you posted if I
find anything

On 18 October 2015 at 17:52, Brandon Dimcheff <brandon at dimcheff.com> wrote:
> Quoting Samuel (2015-10-16 09:25:10)
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to print to an lpd printer, but jobs fail with "filter failed"
>>
>> >From the logs, I think that the problem is reported by the line in the middle:
>>
>> ...
>> Oct 16 15:13:52 scofield cupsd[887]: [Job 13] Printer: Schibsted
>> Oct 16 15:13:52 scofield cupsd[887]: [Job 13] Shell:
>> /nix/store/disi5277lygfj6m7m3ajwvvp9mqdp4la-bash-4.3-p42/bin/bas/usr/local/lib/cups/filter:/usr/local/libexec/cups/filter:/opt/cups/filter
>> :/usr/lib/cups/filter
>> Oct 16 15:13:52 scofield cupsd[887]: [Job 13] PPD file:
>> /etc/cups/ppd/my-printer.ppd
>> ...
>>
>> Later on:
>>
>> Oct 16 15:13:52 scofield cupsd[887]: [Job 13] Error: Executing
>> "/nix/store/disi5277lygfj6m7m3ajwvvp9mqdp4la-bash-4.3-p42/bin/bas/usr/local/lib/cups/filter:/usr/local/libexec/cups/filter:/opt/
>> cups/filter:/usr/lib/cups/filter -c gs -dFirstPage=1  -q -dBATCH
>> -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dNOINTERPOLATE -sDEVICE=pxlcolor -r600x600
>> -dDuplex -dMediaPosition=0 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEV
>> ICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 -sOutputFile=-   /tmp/foomatic-cHMQxK " failed (No
>> such file or directory).
>
> I have a similar issue that I haven't had a chance to track down.  I
> enabled debug logging and got this:
> https://gist.github.com/bdimcheff/aecc0bf49d74955b87d6#file-gistfile1-txt-L142-L143
>
> I don't know if "Cannot process "<STDIN>": Unknown filetype." is the
> cause of the problem, or if it's just what happens when the filter
> fails.  In my case, it's pdf2ps that seems to be failing, but it since
> ours are both filter failures, maybe they have the same cause.
>
> You might try "cupsctl --debug-logging" to enable debug logs and see
> what you get.
>
> - brandon
>



-- 
Samuel