gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_accum_alloc()

[Ruben Verweij]

Binary package hint: ghostscript

I am using karmic with all updates installed, trying to print 4 PDF files from within Document Viewer on a printer that was disconnected during the time I submitted the jobs. (jobs went into the print queue, then I turned the printer on) The result was horrible: I got a couple of pages that looked like barcodes. The printer I was trying to print to is a HP Laserjet 4000.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:
 E [19/Aug/2009:19:25:23 +0200] PID 4173 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
 E [19/Aug/2009:19:36:27 +0200] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
 E [19/Aug/2009:19:36:27 +0200] PID 4172 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups) crashed on signal 9!
Date: Wed Aug 19 19:37:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gs
Lpstat:
 device for LaserJet-4000: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_4000_Series?ip=192.168.1.11
 device for Photosmart-2575: hp:/net/Photosmart_2570_series?ip=192.168.1.129
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: System Manufacturer System Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ghostscript 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 Photosmart-2575: HP Photosmart 2570 Series, hpcups 3.9.8
 LaserJet-4000: HP LaserJet 4000 Series pcl3, hpcups 3.9.6b
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic root=UUID=9fb2005b-e18c-4281-83a2-e73c100715dd ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=%stdout -I/usr/share/cups/fonts -sMediaType=Plain -r600x600 -dMediaPosition=7 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841 -dcupsBitsPerColor=1 -dcupsColorOrder=0 -dcupsColorSpace=3 -dcupsRowCount=1 -dcupsRowStep=1 -dcupsInteger0=26 -scupsPageSizeName=A4 -c -f -_
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.25-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x64e32c <gx_pattern_accum_alloc+28>: mov 0x10(%edx),%eax
 PC (0x0064e32c) ok
 source "0x10(%edx)" (0x00000010) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: ghostscript
StacktraceTop:
 gx_pattern_accum_alloc () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8
 gx_pattern_load () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8
 clist_playback_band () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8
 clist_playback_file_bands () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8
Title: gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_accum_alloc()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic i686
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 06/10/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1011
dmi.board.name: A7V8X-X
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrASUSA7V8X-XACPIBIOSRevision1011:bd06/10/2004:svnSystemManufacturer:pnSystemName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA7V8X-X:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct7:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System Manufacturer

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StacktraceTop:gx_pattern_accum_alloc (mem=0xa02243c, storage_memory=0xa02243c,
gx_pattern_load (pdc=0xbfa77750, pis=0xbfa7614c,
gx_dc_pattern_load (pdevc=0xbfa77750, pis=0xbfa7614c,
clist_playback_band (
clist_playback_file_bands (action=playback_action_render,

[imachine (m-jedrasik)]

I have the same issue as of late. When I use my Samsung printer with SPLIX, 10.04 Lucid amd64 updated today, I cannot print a pdf file using evince.

Here's the https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/537970 bug report.

[imachine (m-jedrasik)]

If I take the pdf file, convert it to ps using pdf2ps and then to pdf using ps2pdf, it works just great, and prints everything flawlessly.

pdf2ps faktura_35_2010_01-04-2010.pdf fvat.ps
   **** Warning: File has unbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)

   **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
   **** The file was produced by:
   **** >>>> iText 1.4.8 (by lowagie.com) <<<<
   **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
   **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
   **** specification.

This is the error I recieve.

[Ben Klaasen (ben-fluidlogic)]

Utterly passive observer, tester.

[Keith Clark (keithclark)]

Same problem, Samsung ML-1640 printer.

[bastien (broques)]

Same problem with Samsung SCX-4200 printer.

[Nikolaus Filus (nfilus)]

I'm coming from a new duplicate and confirm that this is still valid for natty.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Old crasher, closing ...

[Nikolaus Filus (nfilus)]

How can you close valid reports? If this is fixed, please reference the exact bug fix, otherwise open this ... I hate this recent closing policy, where more and more valid reports - even confirmed one - are just closed, because nobody cares anymore!
Did you see my last comment? It is still happening on natty!

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Sorry, I have overlooked this comment.

It is possible that this bug is fixed in the most recent Ghostscript (9.04). So I want to ask you whether you could download a live CD of Oneiric Alpha3, boot from it, do all updates, and then try to print your files. Does it work?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ghostscript (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Paula Helena Cernov Rocha (cebolamaria)]

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and had this same problem. I fiexd it by using Chrome to open the pdf document and print 2 pages in the same sheet.

Hope to have helped.