Re: xprint - why?
Juergen Fiedler(juergen@fiedlerfamily.net) is reported to have said:
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> Wayne Topa wrote:
> | Jacob S(stormspotter@6Texans.net) is reported to have said:
> |
> |>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:52:03 -0500
> |>Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net> wrote:
> |>
> |>
> |>>Jacob S(stormspotter@6Texans.net) is reported to have said:
> |>>
> |>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:17:29 -0500
> |>>>Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net> wrote:
> |>>>
> |>>>
> |>>>>Jacob S(stormspotter@6Texans.net) is reported to have said:
> |>>>>
> |>>>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:41:32 -0600
> |>>>>>Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>>>* Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> [2004 Nov 23 06:12 -0600]:
> |>>>>>>
> |>>>>>>>Anyway, if someone could explain or point me to a document
> |>>>>>>>or thread(which I couldn't find) that explains why we need
> |>>>>>>>xprint, how it fits in, and what programs it replaces, I'd
> |>>>>>>>appreciate it.
> |>>>>>>>
> |>>>>>>>I'm probably not alone ;-).
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>><snip>
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>>>Since they still depend on xprt I've continued to use the
> |>>>>>>mozilla.org packages.
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>><snip>
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>>Actually, that's not true. "apt-cache show mozilla-firefox"
> |>>>>>reveals that xprt is now only in the recommended line, instead
> |>>>>>of the Depends line. In mozilla-browser it's in the Suggests
> |>>>>>line. I have been following the latest Mozilla browser in Sarge
> |>>>>>while keeping xprt and friends uninstalled. Works great, no
> |>>>>>special tricks necessary.
> |>>>>>
> |>>>>
> |>>>>Just checked and you are correct, so I uninstalled xprt*,
> |>>>>restarted mozilla-firefox 1.0-2, brought up a page, clicked print,
> |>>>>waited ~30 seconds, clicked print, waited ~15 seconds, watched the
> |>>>>'preparing' message appear and the bar scroll, then firefox
> |>>>>crashed. The page had some jpegs on it. Nothing was printed.
> |>>>>
> |>>>>Restarted and watched the same as above on a text only page and it
> |>>>>did print and firefox did _not_ crash.
> |>>>>
> |>>>>Looks like getting firefox from mozilla is a better choice. The
> |>>>>current debian package has some issues. :-)
> |>>>
> |>>>Since Firefox is not my primary browser, I usually upgrade it pretty
> |>>>fast to check out the new features and don't follow the Debian
> |>>>packages. But I just tried installing it via apt-get to see if I
> |>>>experienced the same problem and printing worked great for me. Pages
> |>>>with .jpgs, .gifs, text, it didn't seem to matter - Firefox printed
> |>>>to cups just fine using the Postscript/default option. Same with the
> |>>>tarball from Mozilla.org, but then you already knew that.
> |>>>
> |>>>Printing has been working great in Mozilla-browser and galeon for
> |>>>me, as well. No complaints at all.
> |>>>
> |>>>I'm running Sarge, btw.
> |>>
> |>>It seems that the page I can't print with firefox (with or without
> |>>xprt) prints fine with mozilla-browser. I tried firefox with xprt and
> |>>postscript and it continues to crash, without printing. This is with
> |>>with the Debian package _and_ the 1.0 version downloaded from
> |>>mozilla.org. A bug report to mozilla.org was submitted.
> |>>
> |>>The page is one of mine and I thought it was odd that I had printed
> |>>copies of it but could not print it with firefox.
> |>>
> |>>http://www.capital.net/~brittman/puppypic/puppies.html
> |>>for those that might want to try it for themselves.
> |>
> |>Interesting. Anything special on the page (sorry, didn't look at the
> |>source)?
> |
> |
> | A small javascript scroll message, which doesn't print with
> | mozilla-browser 1.7.3-5 (deb package), but I didn't expect it to.
> |
> |>It crashed both Firefox (from Mozilla.org) and mozilla-browser (from
> |>Sarge) on my machine, when I tried to print. Firefox wanted to install a
> |>plugin, mozilla-browser simply displayed the page.
> |>
> |
> | It is looking for java, for the scroller. I have java enabled in the
> | deb package but didn't enable it, yet, in the moz.org package.
> | Doesn't make a difference tho as they both crash when trying to print
> | the page.
> |
> | Gee, maybe I should remove the "Get Firefox" link from the site/ :->
> |
> | Thanks for confirming my findings Jacob. At least I know it's not
> | something else I configured wrong.
> |
> | Cheers
> | WT
> |
>
> FWIW, it prints fine in my Firefox 1.0 RC1 on a sarge/sid hybrid (Java
> enabled, xprt-xprintorg 0.0.9.final.001-7 installed). All it does is to
> omit the ticker and stop the animated GIF - which is probably just as
> well ;)
>
That is the same version of xprt-xprintorg I am running and I am also
running sarge/sid. Mozilla-firefox is 1.0-2 and it is crashing and
not printing. Interesting.... Thanks for the report.
Wayne
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