[cups] Broken pipe error

[Helge Blischke]

I suspect you did not install the cups-filters package from open printing.org which implements
the filters needed and the corresponding mime types and cons files.
You need that package to get a functional cups installation on a Linux system.

Helge

> Am 24.09.2015 um 16:55 schrieb Laura Martín <hoshi.utsuku at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm searching for help due to a broken pipe error in several cups versions.
> I've tried compiling an 1.5.4, 1.4.8, 2.0.5, and RHEL RPM, but the error is
> the same. Also, I've tried in a Ubuntu (stable) server, and the broken pipe
> error is still appearing.
> 
> In the other hand, I can print plain text, but printing the cups test page,
> the error appears again.
> 
> For example, this is the log of the Ubuntu server with a test page:
> 
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] Waiting for CGI data.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] CGI data ready to be sent.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] POST / HTTP/1.1
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients",
> busy="Active clients"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] No authentication data provided.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] 2.0 Get-Jobs 3
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] Get-Jobs
> ipp://localhost:631/printers/PSICA218
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Job 4] Loading attributes...
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] Returning IPP successful-ok for
> Get-Jobs (ipp://localhost:631/printers/PSICA218) from localhost
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] Content-Length: 472
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] cupsd is not idle any more, canceling
> shutdown.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] Regular expression
> ".*PrintSelfTestPage.*"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] matches[0].rm_so=0
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] matches[1].rm_so=-1
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] cupsdWriteClient error=0,
> used=0, state=HTTP_STATE_POST_SEND, data_encoding=HTTP_ENCODING_LENGTH,
> data_remaining=472, response=0x7fd1daec72f0(IPP_IDLE), pipe_pid=0, file=-1
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] Writing IPP response,
> ipp_state=DATA, old wused=0, new wused=0
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] bytes=0, http_state=0,
> data_remaining=0
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 15] Waiting for request.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients",
> busy="Active clients"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] cupsdWriteClient error=0,
> used=0, state=HTTP_STATE_GET_SEND, data_encoding=HTTP_ENCODING_CHUNKED,
> data_remaining=0, response=(nil)(), pipe_pid=3877, file=14
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] Waiting for CGI data.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] cupsd is not idle any more, canceling
> shutdown.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiClearVariables called.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: ORDER="dec"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] cupsdWriteClient error=0,
> used=0, state=HTTP_STATE_GET_SEND, data_encoding=HTTP_ENCODING_CHUNKED,
> data_remaining=0, response=(nil)(), pipe_pid=3877, file=14
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] Waiting for CGI data.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [Client 13] CGI data ready to be sent.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] cupsd is not idle any more, canceling
> shutdown.
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: SECTION="printers"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: TOTAL="1"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: WHICH_JOBS="all"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable:
> SERVER_NAME="192.168.60.46"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: CUPS_VERSION="CUPS
> v1.7.2"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_preserved[0]="1"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> job_printer_name[0]="PSICA218"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> job_printer_uri[0]="/printers/PSICA218"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_name[0]="Test Page"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> job_originating_user_name[0]="anonymous"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: time_at_creation[0]="Thu
> Sep 24 12:39:34 2015"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> time_at_processing[0]="Thu Sep 24 12:39:34 2015"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: time_at_completed[0]="Thu
> Sep 24 12:39:38 2015"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_id[0]="4"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_state[0]="9"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> job_media_sheets_completed[0]="1"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_k_octets[0]="1"
> D [24/Sep/2015:12:40:21 +0200] [CGI] cgiSetArray:
> job_printer_state_message[0]="No se han podido escribir los datos de
> impresión: Broken pipe"
> 
> 
> Can't see any library error... The behaviour is the same, with any printer,
> with any driver....
> 
> I've changed, the protocol from http to ipp, lpd, same error. Any hint?
> 
> Thx in advance.
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