On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 12:13:17AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 14:55 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:27:38AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > > > > 1) Is Xprt running? "ps aux | grep Xprt" > > > (if not, "/etc/init.d/xprint start" might help) > > > > Mmm I only did an 'apt-get install xprint' but apparently the server > > didn't start after install. Is this the expected behaviour ? > > > > After starting /etc/init.d/xprint start, I open mozilla and go to > > File->Print... > > > > The Print window takes ~5 _real_ minutes to open > > Hmm, seems like your local supplier's sold you some second-hand > packages. Take 'em back to the store and demand some new ones. > > xprint is supposed to start after install. The print window should not > take that long to open, I'm not sure what's up with it. I suspect this > will be a transitory problem and it will open quickly in the future once > the other problems are ironed out. > > > I try to print the current page to /home/eric/mozilla.ps > > > > Now the page is printed to mozilla.ps. I can open mozilla.ps with gv > > and the page is correctly viewed. > > OK, because of the other problems you mentioned above and below, it > sounds like you may have printed here using the default mozilla print > driver rather than Xprint. The Xprint printers are the ones with ":64" > at the end. You can confirm by looking inside the file ("less > mozilla.ps"), it will have "%%Creator: The X Print Server's PostScript > DDX" written at the top of the file if it's Xprint's. > > > > > > > > > 2) Are the printers known by Xprint? "xplsprinters" > > ... > > So I'm missing xprint-utils... > > Oops sorry, I keep forgetting I split xplsprinters off to a separate > package. > > > > $ xplsprinters > > xplsprinters: no printers found for printer spec "". > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ echo $XPSERVERLIST > >
Seems to work now: $ xplsprinters printer: xp_ps_spooldir_HOME_Xprintjobs@:64 printer: xp_pdf_spooldir_HOME_Xprintjobs@:64 What are these printers btw ? > > > > > > 3) Does the test program work? "xphelloworld -print <your_printer>" > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ xphelloworld -print DJ100plus > > xphelloworld: no printers found for printer spec "DJ100plus". > > > > > Ah yes, these problems are all one and the same, I think. As I > mentioned earlier, XPSERVERLIST gets set when you start the X session. > So if you install xprint in the middle of an X session it won't be set > yet, so Xprint clients will not know how to locate the Xprt server and > therefore won't know which printers are available. This is not as > helpful for users as we might like, but I don't immediately see any way > of getting around it. > > Now that xprint installed, once you restart X, XPSERVERLIST should get > set and you'll have the printers. > > Once you've started X again, let me know then how gv manages with the > postscript file printed from a :64 printer. Where is the file generated by the :64 located ? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]