On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:28:48 -0700 Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > |> Right the choices are A) not print, B) downgrade or C) install > |> xprt-xprintorg. Personally I think people should try C before > |> bitching too much. > > Option C) was the one that I tried, and I've had all the problems > reported here. First no printing at all, until I installed > xprt-xprintorg. I think if they remove PostScript/default they should add a dependency for xprint. > Still no printing until I edited .bash_profile in > mysterious ways export XPRTSERVERLIST=":2" should be it (or whatever the display number is that Xprt is running with. > I found discussed on this list (kill X, log out, log > in, start X); Actually you should not have to kill/start X. If you edit your env natually you need to logout/on to reinitialize it. > then tiny quarter-page size printing; then hunting Never heard of that. I've seen some really obscure fonts like aribic or tai come out very small but if it's happening for Latin1 it sounds like the package is screwed up. > through Google, and mailing-list archives, and FAQs, trying to find > out where the configuration files were kept[1] You should not have to edit any confiuration files. > (this information isn't > anywhere that I at least can find in /usr/share/doc/xprt-xprintorg), Yes, then the package is definately screwed up. If there is no documentation there like a README.Debian that instructs you to edit your environment that is a painful bug. Mike -- Greedo shoots first? Not in my Star Wars. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]