Re: File won't be printed, all others will!
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:15:30PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to the
> `lp' command. All others pdf files in the same directory behave all right, and
> the permissions are the same. The only difference is the creation date, which
> is today wheras the other files are older.
>
> The thing looks mysterious to me.
>
> Can anybody suggest any explanation/remedy?
1. Are you sure that it is a .pdf file? run file on it.
2. Did she put that file there?
3. If you are unsure of the file, use a sacrificial user (i.e.
create a new user named e.g. goat), have her email that file to
goat, then log in as goat, run mutt, save the file to its home
(or ~/uldl) directory, then start x, and try to open the file
with a pdf viewer (xpdf, kpdf, whatever).
4. If the file opens with a pdf viewer, what happens if you try to
print from the viewer?
Doug.
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