print job stops

[Helge Blischke]

Paul Semenick wrote:
>>Paul Semenick wrote:
>>
>>>several printers on our customers machine are stopping.  Using RH Ent 4.0 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.96. Getting error: "error closing *main::STDOUT"
>>>In the morning we have to reenable the printer and the job restarts.
>>>Sometimes the restarted job stops with the same error.  The log file is below.  I cut out most of the repetitive stuff, but hope I left enough to show what's happening.  Any help would be appreciated.
>>>Thanks,
>>>Paul
>>>
>>
>> > [...]
>>
>>In foomatic-rip (near the beginning of the script)
>>change
>>
>>$debug = 0;
>>
>>to
>>
>>$debug = 1;
>>
>>to force debugging output.
>>
>>Helge
>>
>>--
>>Helge Blischke
>>Softwareentwicklung
>>SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
>>http://www.srz.de
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks, I did that but don't see anything helpful. Several printers are stopping nightly.  the last of the /tmp/foomatic-rip.log is:
> 
> -----------
> New page:  239 239
> Inserting option code into "PageSetup" section.
> Found:
>    %%Page: 239 239
>  --> Output goes to the FIFO buffer now.
> 
> No page header or page header not DSC-conforming
> New page found but previous not printed, print it now.
> Found:
>    %%Page: 240 240
>  --> Output goes directly to the renderer now.
> 
> 
> -----------
> New page:  240 240
> Inserting option code into "PageSetup" section.
> Found:
>    %%Page: 240 240
>  --> Output goes to the FIFO buffer now.
> 
> No page header or page header not DSC-conforming
> Flushing FIFO.
> 
> Closing renderer
> 2 1
> PAGE: 213 1
> PAGE: 214 1
> PAGE: 215 1
> PAGE: 216 1
> PAGE: 217 1
> PAGE: 218 1
> PAGE: 219 1
> PAGE: 220 1
> PAGE: 221 1
> PAGE: 222 1
> PAGE: 223 1
> PAGE: 224 1
> PAGE: 225 1
> PAGE: 226 1
> PAGE: 227 1
> PAGE: 228 1
> PAGE: 229 1
> PAGE: 230 1
> PAGE: 231 1
> PAGE: 232 1
> PAGE: 233 1
> PAGE: 234 1
> PAGE: 235 1
> PAGE: 236 1
> PAGE: 237 1
> PAGE: 238 1
> PAGE: 239 1
> PAGE: 240 1
> Process dying with "error closing *main::STDOUT", exit stat: 9
> KID3 finished
> KID4 exited with status 9
> Renderer exit stat: 9
> Renderer process finished
> Killing process 2294 (KID3)
> Process dying with "Error closing renderer", exit stat: 9
> 
> --------------------------------
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Paul

Well, I've never seen a closing error concerning STDOUT yet.
How is your printer connected (what is the device-URI)?
Are there any corresponding messages in your system log files
(messages or syslog or osmlog or whatever the log file(s) are named)?

Helge


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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de