On Mon 28 Jan 2019 at 16:42:13 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sun 27 Jan 2019 at 19:08:22 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 07:02:21PM +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > > > > When I tell okular to actually print, it says on the console > > > > "/usr/bin/lpr: No such file or directory", but that file is present, > > > > from cups-bsd, and invoking it manually from the same shell says "lpr: > > > > Error - No default destination." stracing okular for hints why this > > > > fails makes me end up without available printers at all. > > > > > > You have confirmed Bug #911702. Do you fancy having a go at #911844? > > > > Ouch. Those two, and the upstream bug, and the lack of any > > maintainer/upstream reaction looks very very frustrating. > > A little. But, in time, someone in a position to take action will > notice and act. For the time being, cups-browsed, which will be on > most Linux systems, saves the day. It's best to be pragmatic.
I suppose Good Things happen all the time. This is one of those times: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911844#146 This mail is being sent because Marc experienced the Okular issue and expressed an interest in it. I do not use Okular but am glad it fits into the printing system more sensibly now. Regards, Brian.
