Re: Cannot Print or Print to File with Kword: suspect libqt error related to undefined symbol: pure virtual
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:11:34PM -0400, Jeff Hill wrote:
> I have tried over the past several weeks to get Kword to allow me to
> print to printer or print to file without success, and I'm suspecting a
> problem with libqt2.
>
> The "Setup Printer" dialog box comes up, allows me to make a selection,
> click okay, and the dialog box goes away as if it had printed (no error
> message), but no file is created nor is anything sent to the printer.
>
> David Faure on the Koffice list suggested something is screwed up with
> Qt on my system, although I can print without any problem from all other
> Koffice applications and non-KDE applications. I tried switching to CUPS
> since it appears to be the direction KDE is headed, but nothing changed
> (except that I've grown to like Cups).
I don't understand how it's a QT problem when all the other apps are having
no problem....and add to that the fact that kword is not even a beta release.
I would imagine the problem is in kword...but I have been proven wrong
before. :)
[...]
> Faure suggested I try going back to Kword-0.8, but I am unable to find
> it as a binary. I tried compiling the Koffice source containing Kword,
> but it fails ( "debian/rules build" ends with: /usr/bin/dcopidl: error
> while loading shared libraries: \ /usr/lib/libqt.so.2: undefined
> symbol: __pure_virtual \ make[4]: *** [KoApplicationIface.kidl] Error 1
> ).
that damn pure_virtual problem with the GL'd qt package. Something with
compiling in OpenGL causes it to also suck in the pure_virtual problem
from time to time.
You might try all of this with the normal QT package as even the KDE folks
recommend not compiling in GL support...thus the reason why the talk directly
to the GL libs for the screensavers instead of using the QT gl support.
> I've tried opening and closing the print dialogue, tried using different
> document formats, opening different types of documents, etc. No
> difference. I've tried different versions of the QT packages (threaded,
> embedded and GL) with no luck.
>
> A possible related problem is that in trying to use Print Preview,
> KNotify gives me an error message saying "KGhostview can only load
> Postscript (ps, .eps), and Portable Document Format (.pdf) files." I can
> of course live without Print Preview, but not being able to print at all
> is a serious limitation for a word processor ;)
no clue on this part...as I said above and to consolidate it all:
1: the koffice packages are not even beta. I originally chose to follow
the CVS tree for koffice as it was better than the older packages although
constantly changing..it also included kivio and other things.
2: Your using the GL enabled QT package. Upstream does recommend using
the GL stuff as it usually pulls in other anomilies such as threaded
GL libraries which cause random crashes. At least this is the way it
was a while back. I only provide the GL enabled QT package for those
who requested it for specific apps. For a KDE standpoint I don't
recommend them and would rather people not use them.
Ivan
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