on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:22:19AM -0500, John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sunday 17 July 2005 04:41 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I've got a problem with the canon backend (which I don't use) hanging in > > CUPs. My load average is currently 13+, and there's nothing I can kill > > to bring down the processes. > > > > $ ps aux | grep ' [D] ' > > root 19562 0.0 0.0 3388 576 ? D Jul12 0:00 > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 19505 0.0 0.0 3388 576 ? > > D Jul13 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 1960 0.0 0.0 > > 3388 592 ? D Jul14 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root > > 21916 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00 > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 5799 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ? > > D Jul15 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 6417 0.0 0.0 > > 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root > > 7555 0.0 0.0 3388 592 ? D Jul15 0:00 > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 6884 0.0 0.0 3388 764 ? > > D Jul16 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon root 18238 0.0 0.0 > > 3388 764 ? D 01:35 0:00 /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon > > > > > > Any suggestions for fixing this or (since I don't have a canon printer) > > keeping the backend from running in the first place? > > > > > > Peace. > Hi, Karsten! > I had the same problem recently & was only able to rid myself of 2 different > printer backends by completely removing every vestige of any cups cache > files.
Where? > I suspect that this is a bug at lest with kde and maybe with the > debian installer. I don't run KDE itself, though I use a few apps. This is an existing Debian install. > I figure that the trick is in /var/log/cups and /var/run/cups and > /etc/cups being completely removed and using dpkg to force a reinstall > of the cups system from a downloaded .deb file. If you try to remove > cups the dependencies will totally screw up your system. I was able > to get rid of my old printer back ends using this process. However I > have been unable to get my new Samsung ML-2250 to actually print > correctly. If you have any tips there please advise. I rebooted :-( 50-day uptime and a few hours to search through everything open and close it.... The problem's gone away and not resurfaced, I'll advise if it does. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? 18.8% of all browsers that claim to be MSIE, aren't. - http://www.virtuelvis.com/archives/35.html
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