In my system, a Gutsy, the problem was solved by editing /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd
and changing the entry that read: /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf { to: /var/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf { Since that was the path to the executable which apparmor complained about violations in /var/log/kern.log Reading /var/log/kern.log is the ticket out of this issue. -- cups-pdf fails to generate file when user does not print to default ~/PDF (apparmor vs.cups-pdf inconsistency) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147551 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs