Public bug reported: To reproduce this, in a fully updated Ubuntu 18.0.4, download https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf and run: $ pdf2ps dummy.pdf It should generate a ps, but it crashes instead.
LONG DESCRIPTION: I recently updated my Ubuntu 16.0.4 to Ubuntu 18.0.4 I have been unable to use my printer since them. Looking in /var/log/cups/error_log gave me the clue to find this: With the gs executable included in my distro, I get: $ pdf2ps dummy.pdf ./base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_gray.icc | ./base/gsicc_manage.c:2261: gsicc_init_iccmanager(): cannot find default icc profile ./base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_rgb.icc | ./base/gsicc_manage.c:2025: gsicc_set_device_profile(): cannot find device profile **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting. I found information about this error in "https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/59952";. *Apparently it is a fixed bug*. So I downloaded ghostcript sources from git.ghostscript.com, checked out 9.25, and compiled it. To use the new gs executable I did mv /usr/bin/gs /usr/bin/gs.orig ln -s /home/j/devel/ghostpdl/bin/gs /usr/bin/gs And now $ pdf2ps myFile.pdf Generates a ps Both gs executables (the one in Ubuntu and the one I compiled) report they are 9.25 when I do gs --version. I have reproduced with some personal pdfs, and also with the sample pdf in https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf It seems to me that there is a problem in the patches you include/exclude in your packaging (but haven't taken a look at it). - Information about my system: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 $ dpkg -l | grep ghost ii ghostscript 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF ii ghostscript-x 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support rc gs-cjk-resource 1.20100103-3 all Resource files for gs-cjk, ghostscript CJK-TrueType extension ** Affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799068 Title: gs 9.25 in ubuntu package crashes (but not same version from git repo) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1799068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
