Re: postscript-enabled mozilla package anyone?
On Tuesday 06 July 2004 1:07 pm, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> Since I am not willing to configure my printers a third time with that
> crappy Xprint stuff (why the heck do we have CUPS including easy setup,
> PPD support, KDE/GNOME integration, etc etc etc etc), does anyone
> provide postscript-enabled xprint-disabled mozilla packages?
Mozilla has dropped support for direct printing; presumably, due to a truly
heroic amount of crack, and enough booze to make a Kennedy passout...
As it now stands your choices are A) not print or B) downgrade to
a version that predates the brain damage.
Go to snapshot.debian.net and get the following packages:
epiphany-browser_1.2.6-1_i386.deb libnss3_1.6-7_i386.deb
mozilla-psm_1.6-7_i386.deb libnspr4_1.6-7_i386.deb
mozilla-browser_1.6-7_i386.deb mozilla-xft_1.6-7_i386.deb
Install with 'dpkg -i'; be advised that you need to have the mozilla
stuff installed before epiphany-browser.
Then fire up your editor and as root add the following to
/etc/apt/preferences to keep apt from updating them:
Package: mozilla-browser
Pin: version 1.6-7
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: mozilla-psm
Pin: version 1.6-7
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: mozilla-xft
Pin: version 1.6-7
Pin-Priority: 1001
I hope this helps.
Don't bother trying to file a bugreport, I was told that lack of postscript
wasn't a bug and it was closed. I guess I should just sell my postscript laser
printer then; as the Gods of Mozilla have spoken and Real Printers are
now passe.
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