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foomatic-filters package

  1. Bug #463059
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 463059

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Tybion (db-collins) wrote : Re: Process 'gs' begins taking 100% CPU and loading up vast amounts of RAM on CUPS restart

Further testing ...

I attached Lab01.pdf above.

Steps followed ..

david@thich:~$ cupsctl LogLevel=debug
david@thich:~$ cupsctl LogDebugHistory=999999
david@thich:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]

david@thich:~$ evince /media/sda3/home/david/Desktop/Lab01.pdf &
(Printed document to Samsung CLP-300)

david@thich:~$ ps auxwww | grep "2407"
lp 2407 13.3 1.5 43904 31220 ? S 18:48 0:06 gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -g9920x14032 -r1200x1200 -sDEVICE=pbmraw -dCOLORSCREEN -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -sOutputFile=|cat 1>&3 -_

david@thich:~$ sudo cp /var/log/cups/error_log .
david@thich:~$ sudo chmod 777 error_log

/var/log/cups/error_log is attached.