On Saturday 25 February 2006 19:01, Paul E Condon wrote: >On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 05:55:15PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 25 February 2006 15:02, Paul E Condon wrote: >> >On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:26:50PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> On Saturday 25 February 2006 14:07, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> >> >Paul E Condon wrote: >> >> >> Thanks. This really a good lead, but its not working. See >> >> >> below. >> >> > >> >> >[...] >> >> > >> >> >>>The mozilla-xprint behavior is mostly controlled by the >> >> >>> settings in /etc/Xprint/C/print/Xprinters. >> >> >> >> >> >> On my machine the above named file exists and contains the >> >> >> lines referred to below. But it also contains the following >> >> >> comments: >> >> >> >> >> >> <quote> >> >> >> # X*printers sample configuration file >> >> >> # >> >> >> # >> >> >> # This file belongs in /usr/lib/X11/X*printers, where the "*" >> >> >> is the # display number of the server. For example, if the >> >> >> server is # invoked using the command X :0, then the >> >> >> X0printers file is used. >> >> >> ############################################################## >> >> >>### ### #### </quote> >> >> >> >> >> >> When I make changes to this file and restart my X system, I >> >> >> see no change in behavior. Perhaps I need to make a copy per >> >> >> this comment. But this seems to me to violate Debian policy, >> >> >> so I wonder if there is not something else that should be done >> >> >> instead. >> >> > >> >> >Just to make sure what you mean by "restarting your X system": >> >> > You have to explicitly restart "xprint" for the changes to have >> >> > an effect. (I don't think xprint is restarted automatically >> >> > when you restart the X server; at least during bootup and >> >> > shutdown it seems to be a separate item.) >> >> > >> >> >Furthermore, I now realized that my default printer just happens >> >> > to be the first one when all printers are listed >> >> > alphabetically, so maybe achieving the desired effect was >> >> > accidental in my case. >> >> >> >> And I'll submit that if cups and gutenprint are properly >> >> installed and configured it works, and does so without any >> >> interference from xprint. I saw it in an htop report one day, got >> >> curious and stopped it, also disabling its startup at boot time. >> >> That was about a month ago and I've yet to have anything refuse >> >> to print or print wrongly in any way. So I've removed one >> >> potential source of printing mischief. >> >> >> >> What exactly WAS it supposed to do anyway? >> >> >> >> >Regards, >> >> > Florian >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cheers, Gene >> > >> >Hi, Gene. >> > >> >I'm the OP on this thread. My complaint is that firefox print >> > window always lists five candidate printers, only two of which >> > actually work and neither of these is ever the default selection. >> > Every time I forget to explicitlys select a printer, I fail to get >> > my printout. I find this an annoying waste of time. >> >> Odd, I haven't had any trouble with firefox, but everytime I put in >> a security update of mozilla, it reverts to some nonsense about a >> postscript printer $33 or some such that doesn't work, but the other >> 4 of them are available and useable via the multiselector. I had it >> fixed once, but maybe its something in the environment. >> >> Hummph... I just checked to make sure I wasn't fibbing, and both >> moz and firefox now seem to autoselect the default "postscript/lp2" >> printer. I have 4 printer defines, with a 360x360 setup as lp2 & >> set as the default. As to why it suddenly started working I haven't >> the foggiest. One of those things that make you go Hummmmm... >> >> FWIW, this box isn't debian, but a rather hacked up FC2 install. I >> prefer to fix broken stuff by fixing the broken stuff as opposed to >> blindly updateing in hopes it will fix whatever is makeing me itch >> at the moment. There are some things I stay current with, like >> amanda, and kernels, 2.6.16-rc4 atm. But I do have a debian based >> install on my milling machines controller box, bdi-4.30, hence my >> subscribing to this list. My firewall used to be the main box, with >> a similarly hacked up rh7.3 on it. Uptime there is since I >> installed 2.4.28 on it nearly a year ago now. BIG ups. >> >> But cups, being fairly universally used these days, is only >> distro-centric in the screwball names debian uses for it, so if I >> can help, I try to, hopefully not running afoul of a debianism when >> I do. And there certianly is enough of those to go around. :) >> >> >-- >> >Paul E Condon >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- >> Cheers Paul, Gene > >Something happened to access to my laser printer under CUPS from my >Macs (also using CUPS) while I was working this firefox issue. Now >there is no Mac access to the printer. I am depressed. > I think at this point I'd go back to localhost:631 and reconfigure, somethings not right.
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