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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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>>>> 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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>>> Yes, it contains several printers. |
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>>> And these can be used by other software without problems. |
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>> Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before. |
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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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