Re: Java and Ghostscript
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 07:30:57PM +0100, Carlos Correia wrote:
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> Michael Koch escreveu:
> | On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:25:55PM +0100, Carlos Correia wrote:
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> |>Michael Koch escreveu:
> |>| On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 03:52:12PM +0100, Carlos Correia wrote:
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> |>|>I'm having problems printing from Java in Debian Etch, getting blank
> |>|>pages instead. Googling around I found the problem relies in Ghostscript
> |>|>8.15.
> |>|>
> |>|>Since the bug seems to have been fixed in version 8.5 (released more
> |>|>then an year ago), my question is: is there any guess about when will
> |>|>this version be included in Debian (etch, sid, experimental) ?
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> |>|>Is there any workaround (besides downgrading to sarge)?
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> |>| In unstable is gs-gpl 8.50 and gs-afpl 8.53 and gs-esp 8.15.1.
> |>| Testing/Etch contains the same versions. So when you use gs-gpl OR
> |>| gs-afpl instead of gs-esp your problems will be solved.
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> |>I tried that, but then it unistalls 'cupsys' and Java's PrintJob returns
> |>the message 'No print service found', so it seems that I do need cupsys
> |>(or gs-eps) to print from Java!?
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> | Which Java do you mean at all? Perhaps it would be better to meil to the
> | maintainers of the packages involved instead of mailing here? I doubt
> | gs-eps maintainers read this list.
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> # java -version
> java version "1.5.0_06"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode)
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> It also happens with v. 1.4.2...
Then mail to SUN and pray for an answer. This is a closed source Java
runtime. We cant fix it ourself. Sorry.
Cheers,
Michael
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