On 02/02/09 05:30, Ghee Teo wrote: > Frank Middleton wrote: >> # uname -rvmp >> 5.11 snv_103 sun4u sparc >> # firefox --version >> Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2008 mozilla.org >> >> Printing to a CUPS printer always causes a segfault as soon as you press >> print, but printing to lpr works fine. > How did you set up CUPS printing? There were some LP printing related
With difficulty. The GUI printer manager no longer appears to request a root password, so it doesn't have the privileges it needs to actually do anything. IIRC I fired up the printer manager as root from the command line. As mentioned, CUPS printing does work (Open Office, Thunderbird) so this does seem to be a Firefox problem. One thing that coincided with the upgrade to 3.0.5 was a new printer. It seems to be extraordinarily difficult to persuade Firefox to forget about old printers - prefs.js is littered with references to them, although the Firefox print dialog doesn't list them. > problem with Firefox earlier build. But not sure how far back it went > to. Also most of the reported were OpenSolaris which x86 based. I guess > yours is the first on Sparc with this problem that I have seen. >> Not sure if this is relevant, >> but CUPS printing from Thunderbird is OK. Should this be submitted as a >> bug, and if so, against what? > for printing on desktop: development/gnome/printing > for Firefox: development/Mozilla/firefox > > -Ghee Thought I'd best check with the experts before filing a bug. I'll do it against development/Mozilla/firefox. I suppose they can move it if needed. Thanks -- Frank
