If the program hpijs is piping output to is killed (or crashes) then hpijs
does not exit - it repeatedly writes the message below to syslog.

hpijs: unable to write to output, fd=7, count=79: Broken pipe

It should give up after a while rather than filling the logs until the disk
overflows.

I am using Debian testing with up-to date versions of everything.  The
kernel version is 2.4.18

Thanks,
    Andy

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
hplip, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

hpijs_2.1.2+0.9.2-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.1.2+0.9.2-1_i386.deb
hplip-data_0.9.2-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hplip-data_0.9.2-1_all.deb
hplip_0.9.2-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hplip_0.9.2-1.diff.gz
hplip_0.9.2-1.dsc
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hplip_0.9.2-1.dsc
hplip_0.9.2-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hplip_0.9.2-1_i386.deb
hplip_0.9.2.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/h/hplip/hplip_0.9.2.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 210449@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> (supplier of updated hplip package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:05:59 -0300
Source: hplip
Binary: hpijs hplip-data hplip
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 0.9.2-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
Changed-By: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Description:
 hpijs      - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs)
 hplip      - HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (hplip)
 hplip-data - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
Closes: 210449 291346 302828
Changes:
 hplip (0.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version
     * HPIJS 2.1.2:
       + Added new print mode "FastDraft Grayscale" to DJGenericVIP
       + Put limit (max=5) on syslog messages when output device write()
         fails (closes: #210449)
       + Removed specified gcc options in hpijs configure.in
       + Fixed a 64-bit compile issue in ljjetready.cpp (closes: #302828)
     * HPLIP 0.9.2:
       + Fixed "Invalid color calibration type" error occurs when executing
         command "colorcal" in terminal
       + Fixed number of arguments error in hp-align
       + Made UI architectural change (removed hpguid.py, removed popup feature,
         etc)
       + Fixed a scanning issue with Laserjet flatbed scanners (PML scanners).
         Scan would fail at end of scan
       + Removed images.tgz after install
       + Fixed a problem when all function buttons are grayed out when toolbox is
         launched at the first time.
       + Fixed DJ450 battery check issue
     * Henrique de Moraes Holschuh:
       * Updated dpatch 11_fix-misc-gcc-warnings with many new hunks
       * Added 40_testmail_fix, to get hpssd and Test Email functionality to
         actually work (it was completely useless and hopelessly broken)
         (closes: #291346)
       * Updated README.Debian files for HPIJS and HPLIP
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 869e5217941e4c782882be8a0d4ff7a6 1056 utils optional hplip_0.9.2-1.dsc
 412b5af48fab81cac752f09b99dce035 8994468 utils optional hplip_0.9.2.orig.tar.gz
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 2bdd0b30d3d87441a81aa80967491506 216108 utils optional hpijs_2.1.2+0.9.2-1_i386.deb
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Hi,

This is happening again. I'm getting my syslog filed with GB worth of
this error message, filling up all of the remaining space on the
partition, and have to delete it every time I boot my system because
else GNOME can't start.

Cheers,

I have seem this problem in Debian-User ML too:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-portuguese/2009/10/msg00432.html>

The user.log increase 1Gb/day with:

Oct 21 09:26:24 papai Officejet_Pro_K5400: prnt/hpijs/services.cpp 386:
unable to write to output, fd=1, count=4096: Broken pipe

Regards,
Renato S. Yamane

Dear Customer,



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You can download the shipment label attached!



With many thanks,

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USPS Chief Operation Agent.

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UPS Office Manager.

This has been fixed some versions ago, so closing this bug now.

   Thorsten