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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org