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On 10 Jan, walt wrote: |
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> On 01/10/2010 03:35 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> On 9 Jan, walt wrote: |
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>>> On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>>>> On 8 Jan, walt wrote: |
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>>>>> On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>>>>>> Hi, |
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>>>>>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers |
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>>>>>> anymore. |
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>>>>>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR" |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that |
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>>>>> file have appropriate printer info in it? |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> Yes, it contains several printers. |
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>>>> And these can be used by other software without problems. |
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>>> |
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>>> Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before. |
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>>> |
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>>> Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use |
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>>> different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx? |
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>> epiphany and konqeror both see all printers like previous versions of |
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>> Firefox. |
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> Certainly sounds like there is something broken in firefox. BTW, 3.5.6 |
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> is already obsolete, 3.5.7 was just released. Maybe an update would fix |
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> the problem. If using the 'bin' version of 3.5.7 still doesn't work, I |
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> would suggest using the non-bin version instead. |
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The binary version (32 bits on AMD64) seems to be broken in version |
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3.5.* . Compiled from source it works just fine. |
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Many thanks to all who have helped me, |
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Helmut. |
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Helmut Jarausch |
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Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik |
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RWTH - Aachen University |
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D 52056 Aachen, Germany |
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