ABRT daemon reporting that /usr/bin/gs repeatedly crashes

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ABRT daemon reporting that /usr/bin/gs repeatedly crashes with below errors while converting/printing PDF document through ghostscript
  $ gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=/dev/null /tmp/Test_Doc_Working_Paper.pdf 
   **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete.
   **** Warning: Form stream has unbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)
   **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete.
   **** Warning: Form stream has unbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)
   **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete.
   **** Warning: Form stream has unbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)
   **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete.
   **** Warning: Form stream has unbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)
   **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
   **** The file was produced by: 
   **** >>>> MiKTeX pdfTeX-1.40.13 / PDF PT 3.40p (pdf-tools.com) <<<<
   **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
   **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
   **** specification.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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