Sasha, Thx for confirming the bug and the tip about the CC. I just entered the bug report: 732.
Best, John On Thursday 02 January 2003 19:51, Sascha Noyes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Entering the bug into bugzilla is generally a good idea, as it will ensure > that it is not overlooked/forgotten. It is also a good way of the Mandrake > QA team knowing that certain bugs are reproducible for other testers (by > people voting for existing bugs that they themselves experience) other than > simply counting the number of "me too"s on this list, and to prioritize > fixes (lots of votes = important/significant bug). > > I am also experiencing problems with PrinterDrake. > I don't have any printer configured yet, but was hoping to configure an > Epson Stylus C42UX usb printer. Printerdrake gives the following error > after starting, (Similar to yours, just a few more "Use of uninitialized > value" eroors"): > > > - ---------------------------------------------- > > [root@localhost lusr]# printerdrake > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/default.pm line 37 (#1) > (W uninitialized) An undefined value was used as if it were already > defined. It was interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a > mistake. To suppress this warning assign a defined value to your variables. > > To help you figure out what was undefined, perl tells you what > operation you used the undefined value in. Note, however, that perl > optimizes your program and the operation displayed in the warning may not > necessarily appear literally in your program. For example, "that $foo" is > usually optimized into "that " . $foo, and the warning will refer to the > concatenation (.) operator, even though there is no . in your program. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/default.pm line 38 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/common.pm line 208 (#1) > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > cupsd (pid 6574) is running... > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/common.pm > line > 44 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/office.pm line 101 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in hash element at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/office.pm line 101 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive.pm > line 266 (#1) > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/MDK/Common/Math.pm line 133 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 569 (#1) > Use of uninitialized value in split at > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/MDK/Common/String.pm line 138 (#1) > > - ---------------------------------------------- > > > Printerdrake with me however does not stall, probably because I don't have > a printer configured already. Configuring a printer however is not > possible. Here is what I get when clicking "add new printer": > > > - ------------------------------------------------------ > > Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric lt (<) at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/printerdrake.pm line 3012 (#2) > (W numeric) The indicated string was fed as an argument to an operator > that expected a numeric value instead. If you're fortunate the message > will identify which operator was so unfortunate. > > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > TODO: ensure focus stuff > Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at > /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 533 (#1) > > - -------------------------------------------------------- > > > This is probably a trivial fix so I won't give the output of the next few > operation, but will gladly if someone needs it. Suffice it to say that it > doesn't work. > > P.S. Yes, you have broken one rule of the etiquette already! ;-) > You've set your reply-to address, which I noticed when I replied to you but > nothing arrived on the cooker list. > > Sascha Noyes > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 23:46, John van Spaandonk wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've got the following problem with PrinterDrake: > > > > I started printerdrake from the command line to get the error output > > (listed below). The error output seems to indicate several problems in > > the perl script. > > > > Then I get the tiny window saying please wait, reading printer > > configuration files. > > After a while (1 minute or so) the text in the window disappears and > > printerdrake hangs (I kill it with CTRL-C). > > > > This is a real bummer, since I cannot configure my printer properly and > > now cannot print. > > > > Is this something to report with an official Cooker erorr report? > > > > I also experience several problems with installation / upgrading > > packages, which I will report in a separate mail after I read the reponse > > on this one. > > > > ps this is my first post to this list, so please forgive me if I forget > > to report something or am not in agreement with the etiquette :-) > > > > I am looking forward to helping making Mandrake better by testing it > > and reporting erorrs! > > > > CUPS INFORMATION: > > Printer State: processing, accepting jobs. > > "Unable to open USB device "usb://HP/DeskJet%20970C?serial=ES99T110X4JQ": > > No such device" > > Device URI: usb://HP/DeskJet%20970C?serial=ES99T110X4JQ > > > > OPERATING SYSTEM INFORMATION: > > I'm on Cooker, current as per Thursday 2-1, 22:00 Amsterdam time. > > Printer is a HP deskjet 970Cxi, using USB > > > > OUTPUT FROM PRINTERDRAKE > > printerdrake stdout/stderr output: > > > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/default.pm line 37 (#1) > > (W uninitialized) An undefined value was used as if it were already > > defined. It was interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a > > mistake. To suppress this warning assign a defined value to your > > variables. > > > > To help you figure out what was undefined, perl tells you what > > operation you used the undefined value in. Note, however, that perl > > optimizes your program and the operation displayed in the warning may not > > necessarily appear literally in your program. For example, "that $foo" > > is usually optimized into "that " . $foo, and the warning will refer to > > the concatenation (.) operator, even though there is no . in your > > program. > > > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /usr/lib/libDrakX/printer/default.pm line 38 (#1) > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /usr/lib/libDrakX/common.pm line 208 (#1) > > TODO: XSetInputFocus if force_focus > > TODO: ensure focus stuff > > - -- > Please encrypt all correspondence. > PGP key available from: > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+FN6LgzJdfX+cTW8RAlTWAJ4tXpiR+qmgFtLm/zEhcgDS+G004gCglTID > DOySgH2SyRBwHMNBR3NnL9w= > =s384 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- In a world without fences - who needs Gates?
