On 10 Jan, walt wrote: > On 01/10/2010 03:35 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> On 9 Jan, walt wrote: >>> On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>>> On 8 Jan, walt wrote: >>>>> On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers >>>>>> anymore. >>>>>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR" >>>>> >>>>> My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that >>>>> file have appropriate printer info in it? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Yes, it contains several printers. >>>> And these can be used by other software without problems. >>> >>> Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before. >>> >>> Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use >>> different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx? >> >> epiphany and konqeror both see all printers like previous versions of >> Firefox. > > Certainly sounds like there is something broken in firefox. BTW, 3.5.6 > is already obsolete, 3.5.7 was just released. Maybe an update would fix > the problem. If using the 'bin' version of 3.5.7 still doesn't work, I > would suggest using the non-bin version instead.
The binary version (32 bits on AMD64) seems to be broken in version 3.5.* . Compiled from source it works just fine. Many thanks to all who have helped me, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
