Cups can not print with "filter failed" error just after ghostcript update

[Dr Anirban Mitra]

I was using my Epson 105 printer properly till i decided to do recommended upgrade to recent version of ghostscript after which my pinter stopped working.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-45.48-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Feb 28 20:31:23 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-01 (272 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: ghostscript
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dr Anirban Mitra (mitradranirban)]

CUPS error log suggest fault with gs

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The error in the local is
D [28/Feb/2019:20:02:49 +0530] [Job 9259] gs: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgs.so.9: undefined symbol: FT_Property_Set

Could you give the output of
$ ldd -r /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgs.so.9
?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

also "dpkg -l | grep fontconfig"

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

sorry, rather "dpkg -l | grep freetype"

[Dr Anirban Mitra (mitradranirban)]

Following is the requested output

artim@artim-ML10Gen9:~$ ldd -r /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgs.so.9
 linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff542c9000)
 libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007fdffcee2000)
 libcupsimage.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcupsimage.so.2 (0x00007fdffccd9000)
 libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 (0x00007fdffca4d000)
 libijs-0.35.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libijs-0.35.so (0x00007fdffc847000)
 libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fdffc615000)
 libjbig2dec.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig2dec.so.0 (0x00007fdffc3fd000)
 libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8 (0x00007fdffc195000)
 libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fdffbf78000)
 liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007fdffbd20000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdffb982000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fdffb77e000)
 libidn.so.11 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11 (0x00007fdffb54b000)
 libpaper.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpaper.so.1 (0x00007fdffb347000)
 libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fdffb102000)
 libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fdffae76000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fdffac57000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdffa866000)
 liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fdffa640000)
 libjbig.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0 (0x00007fdffa432000)
 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00007fdffa1e7000)
 libgnutls.so.30 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30 (0x00007fdff9e82000)
 libavahi-common.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3 (0x00007fdff9c76000)
 libavahi-client.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3 (0x00007fdff9a65000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fdffe2be000)
 libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fdff9833000)
 libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00007fdff955d000)
 libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00007fdff932b000)
 libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007fdff9127000)
 libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00007fdff8f1c000)
 libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0 (0x00007fdff8bed000)
 libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn2.so.0 (0x00007fdff89d0000)
 libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libunistring.so.2 (0x00007fdff8652000)
 libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6 (0x00007fdff843f000)
 libnettle.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6 (0x00007fdff8209000)
 libhogweed.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4 (0x00007fdff7fd5000)
 libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007fdff7d54000)
 libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fdff7b07000)
 libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00007fdff7903000)
 libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0...

[Dr Anirban Mitra (mitradranirban)]

Sorry that was output when I tried downgrade to gs9.22
This is with gs9.26
ldd -r /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgs.so.9
 linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe549ab000)
 libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007fb4d87d1000)
 libcupsimage.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcupsimage.so.2 (0x00007fb4d85c8000)
 libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 (0x00007fb4d833c000)
 libijs-0.35.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libijs-0.35.so (0x00007fb4d8136000)
 libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fb4d7f04000)
 libjbig2dec.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig2dec.so.0 (0x00007fb4d7cec000)
 libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8 (0x00007fb4d7a84000)
 libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fb4d7867000)
 liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007fb4d760f000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb4d7271000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb4d706d000)
 libidn.so.11 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11 (0x00007fb4d6e3a000)
 libpaper.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpaper.so.1 (0x00007fb4d6c36000)
 libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fb4d69f1000)
 libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fb4d6765000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fb4d6546000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb4d6155000)
 liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fb4d5f2f000)
 libjbig.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0 (0x00007fb4d5d21000)
 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00007fb4d5ad6000)
 libgnutls.so.30 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30 (0x00007fb4d5771000)
 libavahi-common.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3 (0x00007fb4d5565000)
 libavahi-client.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3 (0x00007fb4d5354000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb4d9bf1000)
 libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fb4d5122000)
 libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00007fb4d4e4c000)
 libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00007fb4d4c1a000)
 libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007fb4d4a16000)
 libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00007fb4d480b000)
 libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0 (0x00007fb4d44dc000)
 libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn2.so.0 (0x00007fb4d42bf000)
 libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libunistring.so.2 (0x00007fb4d3f41000)
 libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6 (0x00007fb4d3d2e000)
 libnettle.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6 (0x00007fb4d3af8000)
 libhogweed.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4 (0x00007fb4d38c4000)
 libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007fb4d3643000)
 libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fb4d33f6000)
 libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00007fb4d31f2000)
 libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/...

[Dr Anirban Mitra (mitradranirban)]

This is detailed error log of cups with debug mode on.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's your issue
  libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fdffae76000)

You have an outdated local installation you did that is taking over the Ubuntu version, clean that one out and things should be back to working. Closing since that's not an Ubuntu bug

[Dr Anirban Mitra (mitradranirban)]

Thanks for pointing the error. My cups is now printing fine