Ghee, There is no queue named phaser in firefox print dialog. I need to get this queue in firefox to avoid any crashes.
Thanks for your time and support, George Ghee Teo wrote: > Thanks George! > > George Koutras wrote: >> Ghee, >> >> 1. Removed the old queue. >> 2. Renamed $HOME/.printers >> 3. Setup remote printer using presto >> 4. Printer queue appears as lpr in firefox and prints with no issues. > There should be printer called Phaser in the Firefox print dialog, did > you not see it? >> In staroffice appears as generic printer and prints. >> 7. Edited /etc/nsswitch.conf and switched "user files" to "files >> user". No change > No change because you only has one printer entry in /etc/printers.conf > and the _default > is specified in $HOME/.printers. >> >> This time it looks that printing does not fail but the queue is still >> referenced as lpr. I haven't rebooted the system since the change, >> but there should be no need to. > Good! Yes, there is no need to reboot. > > Thanks again. Not sure I can do a lot more now. Jus keep monitoring. > > The firefox 3 crashing problem could potentially still be there > because of doubled freeing of memory since it now uses it won't memory > allocation library instead of that of libc. While it speeds up firefox > significantly but it is make it more sensitively to memory related > crashes as discussed else where on opensolaris-discuss. > > -Ghee >> >> >> >> *George Koutras * >> Proactive Technical Analyst, System Support Engineer >> *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* >> 9 Fragoklisias st >> Marousi >> Athens, Greece, 15125 >> Phone x12935/+30-210-6169935 >> Fax +302106169901 >> Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> *Cut Utility Costs in Half - Learn More >> <http://www.sun.com/service/futureproofyourdatacenter/>* >> >> >> Ghee Teo wrote: >>> Hi George, >>> >>> I think if you print by lpr, youmay be hitting this bug, >>> >>> JDS-Nevada]Firefox3.x crashes when useing "Print to LPR" >>> >>> http://monaco.sfbay.sun.com/detail.jsf?cr=6747225 >>> >>> >>> Also noted if you create a print queue using >>> Remote LPD with the new print manger (which is functionality the >>> same as >>> Add Access to printer.. on Solaris LP Print Manager), but with a >>> different. >>> >>> Soloris LP Print manger doesn't update your $HOME/.printers, but Print >>> Manager does. Since your printers entry in /etc/nssswitch.conf says >>> user,files, >>> Phaser2 will not appear in the Firefox print dialog because the >>> queue added >>> is not in $HOME/.printers. >>> >>> I think having 2 Print mangers on the menu is confusing especially >>> they have >>> different behaviors. anyway, that is another day of work. >>> >>> So I look forwards to the information from you with the new Print >>> manager :) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Ghee >>> >>> George Koutras wrote: >>>> Hi Ghee, >>>> >>>> I send you the setup as it is atm using the "Solaris lp printer >>>> manager". >>>> >>>> The steps to setup this: >>>> 1. Launch Solaris Lp Manager >>>> 2. Naming service: files >>>> 3. Printer>Add access to printer >>>> 4. Printer name: phaser2 >>>> 5. Printer server: 129.159.171.58 >>>> 6.Description: phaser >>>> 7. Option: default printer >>>> >>>> Note that with this setup the printer that I use in firefox is lpr. >>>> There is no entry for the phaser2 printer. >>>> >>>> I will reproduce the issue with presto and send the files in >>>> another email. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *George Koutras * >>>> Proactive Technical Analyst, System Support Engineer >>>> *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* >>>> >>>> *Cut Utility Costs in Half - Learn More >>>> <http://www.sun.com/service/futureproofyourdatacenter/>* >>>> >>>> >>>> Ghee Teo wrote: >>>>> Hi George, >>>>> >>>>> It will help me tremendously if you can provide more information >>>>> that snv98 :) >>>>> If you have forgotten what option you used to set your printer. >>>>> May be you can send you on >>>>> a individually a tarball of /etc/lp and /etc/printers.conf >>>>> /etc/nssswitch.conf and $HOME/.printers >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -Ghee >>>>> George Koutras wrote: >>>>>> Hi Ghee, >>>>>> >>>>>> snv_98 >>>>>> -- >>>>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
