On (18/01/06 21:35), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I have several extraneous printers in my Firefox (1.07) print dialog > in my pure sid system. They each end @:64 (such as hppsc1200@:64). > The archives at > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/06/msg00282.html > > suggest this is caused by Xprint being installed. I really don't care > that these printers exist, except that they don't work correctly. I > normally print with CUPS but the CUPS printers are not the default > forcing me to manually select them each time :-( > > Okay, so, per the thread referenced above, > > sudo apt-get --purge remove xprint > > causes the always scary "other packages to be removed: > x-window-system" etc etc etc. I'm pretty sure this is a meta-package > and is not critical, especially as the whole operation will only free > up about 4500k of disc space, which seems small to me for the entire > x-window-system to be heading for the bin. > > So my questions: 1) are my assumptions regarding the meta-package > correct? That is, I may break the meta-package, but not impact the > underlying actual packages. > 2) seeing as I'm pretty sure I don't actually use xprint, are there > any reasons for keeping it around tht I might not be aware of? Such > as, "its better than cups" or the like. the xprint website, while > extensive couldn't really answer this fundamental question for me.
I can't remember the detail but I, like you, hesitated to remove xprint in spite of the annoyances you refer to. When I bit the bullet it was fine; to be on the safe side you may want to make the changes from a console rather than xterminal just in case something gets borked in your X setup; recovery would be pretty straightforward that way. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
