I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and had this same problem. I fiexd it by using Chrome to open the pdf document and print 2 pages in the same sheet.
Hope to have helped. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ghostscript in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416057 Title: gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_accum_alloc() Status in “ghostscript” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: ghostscript I am using karmic with all updates installed, trying to print 4 PDF files from within Document Viewer on a printer that was disconnected during the time I submitted the jobs. (jobs went into the print queue, then I turned the printer on) The result was horrible: I got a couple of pages that looked like barcodes. The printer I was trying to print to is a HP Laserjet 4000. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 CupsErrorLog: E [19/Aug/2009:19:25:23 +0200] PID 4173 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1! E [19/Aug/2009:19:36:27 +0200] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized E [19/Aug/2009:19:36:27 +0200] PID 4172 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups) crashed on signal 9! Date: Wed Aug 19 19:37:07 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gs Lpstat: device for LaserJet-4000: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_4000_Series?ip=192.168.1.11 device for Photosmart-2575: hp:/net/Photosmart_2570_series?ip=192.168.1.129 Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: System Manufacturer System Name NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: ghostscript 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 Papersize: letter PpdFiles: Photosmart-2575: HP Photosmart 2570 Series, hpcups 3.9.8 LaserJet-4000: HP LaserJet 4000 Series pcl3, hpcups 3.9.6b ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic root=UUID=9fb2005b-e18c-4281-83a2-e73c100715dd ro quiet splash ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=%stdout -I/usr/share/cups/fonts -sMediaType=Plain -r600x600 -dMediaPosition=7 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841 -dcupsBitsPerColor=1 -dcupsColorOrder=0 -dcupsColorSpace=3 -dcupsRowCount=1 -dcupsRowStep=1 -dcupsInteger0=26 -scupsPageSizeName=A4 -c -f -_ ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.25-generic SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x64e32c <gx_pattern_accum_alloc+28>: mov 0x10(%edx),%eax PC (0x0064e32c) ok source "0x10(%edx)" (0x00000010) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%eax" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: ghostscript StacktraceTop: gx_pattern_accum_alloc () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8 gx_pattern_load () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8 clist_playback_band () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8 clist_playback_file_bands () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.8 Title: gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_accum_alloc() Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic i686 UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 06/10/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc. dmi.bios.version: ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1011 dmi.board.name: A7V8X-X dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrASUSA7V8X-XACPIBIOSRevision1011:bd06/10/2004:svnSystemManufacturer:pnSystemName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA7V8X-X:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct7:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System Manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/416057/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
