On Wed, April 17, 2013 22:20, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 17/04/2013 22:14, Joseph wrote: >> On 04/17/13 21:31, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 17/04/2013 18:30, Joseph wrote: >>>> On 04/17/13 16:27, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>>> On 17/04/2013 15:57, Joseph wrote: >>>>>> When I try to print from "evince" to pdf file I get an error: >>>>>> >>>>>> Error printing - Operation not supported >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> well, obviously your installed evince doesn't do pdf printing..... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Alan McKinnon >>>>> alan.mckin...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Well, it did print to pdf or ps file a week ago before upgrading, so >>>> what did it change? >>>> Why all of a sudden doesn't do pdf printing? >>>> >>> >>> I have absolutely no idea - only one of us can look at your computer >>> screen and run debugging commands, and it isn't me. >>> >>> If you want help on this list, it's traditional to supply up front >>> relevant information that will let people help you. You left this step >>> out. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alan McKinnon >>> alan.mckin...@gmail.com >> >> OK, I'm getting somewhere. >> After starting "evince" from command line I can print to pdf file; but >> only when starting it from a desktop I'm getting this error. >> Error printing - Operation not supported > > > You are still not giving much in the way of information, and you are > still getting replies from people that basically say "Well, gee, I dunno > what the problem is, but try this $RANDOM_MAGIC_SAUCE"
And it's this kind of response that makes the Ubuntu forums useless ;) > It's an exercise in throwing shit at a wall and hoping some of it sticks. Nice analogy... > So, it used to work. Now it doesn't work. > Something changed in between. > You need to provide the information to find what changed, no-one else > can. And it doesn't help repeating the error message you get, we already > know that. I agree, like actually provide more information when you mention that after using $$RANDOM_TOOL it doesn't work on another system either. In these cases, knowing what $$RANDOM_TOOL actually ended up doing would really help. > Start with the short list of three items in my other mail. > > I promise you, and this is important, until you provide that information > we will all keep going around in circles (unless you hit random pay > dirt) and your printing will continue to not work. -- Joost Roeleveld
