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Wayne Topa wrote: | Jacob S([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: | |>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:52:03 -0500 |>Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> |>>Jacob S([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: |>> |>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:17:29 -0500 |>>>Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>>> |>>> |>>>>Jacob S([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: |>>>> |>>>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:41:32 -0600 |>>>>>Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>>>>> |>>>>> |>>>>>>* Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 ;)
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