kernel 2.6 printing fails with magicfilter, apsfilter

acampbell · 06-02-2004, 04:11 AM

I've been using magicfilter with kernel 2.4 for years without problems.
In kernel 2.6 I can print plain text via lpr and can print ps files if I convert them by hand but the automatic filter programs don't work: nothing is printed at all and the log file shows "Interrupted system call".

I haven't tried Cups because I' ve never got on with it in the past.

Anyone had any experience of this in recent kernels?

acampbell · 06-03-2004, 08:25 AM

Well, as no one has replied I'll do so myself. I tried installing Cups, which had not worked for me a few months ago. This time it installed flawlessly and it works correctly in kernel 2.6, so the problem is solved.