On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:13:46 +0000 Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. yeah, my thoughts too. Since you jumped in ahead of me... ;) I'll give it a whirl and see what happens. thanks A > > Regards > > Clive > > -- > www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... > ...strategies for business > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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