Ubuntu
foomatic-filters package

  1. Bug #463059
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 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

Same problem my PC - single core Pentium 4 flat-lining until I kill the gs process.

lp 2376 19.0 42.6 479544 438124 ? R 10:46 0:06 gs -q -sstdout=%stderr -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=- -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dPARANOIDSAFER /var/spool/cups/tmp/foomatic-HHY4yi

Printer is CLP-300 connected to USB port (not turned on at as I write)

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

(upgraded from Jaunty)