On 03 Jul 2008, David Goodenough wrote: > On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now > > given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it > > to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file > > but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to > > the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless > > so far as I am concerned. > > > > So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that > > unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be > > security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to > > hope for the best. > > > > Anthony > > -- > > Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux > > http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, > > and sceptical articles) > > Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date > each morning - running unstable. > > It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World > Service using it without any problems. > > I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly. > > So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually > lucky. > > David. >
I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone wrong with the original download. The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered the possibility to print to file. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
