On 07 Jul 2008, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Indeed. Very strange. And I even have it installed. But ff3 can > print to lpr only when I install the compiled-from-source version > of 2.10 (in /usr/local). As soon as I uninstall it, lpr printing > on ff3 becomes unavailable. > > /usr/lib/gtk-2.0 (the Debian version) contains subdirectories: > 2.10.0 2.2.0 2.4.0 include modules > > No 2.12.0! I don't understand this numbering system. > > /usr/local/lib/gtk-2.0 contains: 2.10.0 2.2.0 2.4.0 include > (no "modules", but the same version numbers). > > The real difference is probably to be found here: the Sid version has: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -alG /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/printbackends/ > total 104 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root 4096 2008-06-09 17:32 . > drwxr-xr-x 9 root 4096 2007-04-15 14:58 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root 52980 2008-06-07 11:16 libprintbackend-cups.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root 13044 2008-06-07 11:16 libprintbackend-file.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root 10084 2008-06-07 11:16 libprintbackend-lpr.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root 11140 2008-06-07 11:16 libprintbackend-test.so > > While the compiled-from-source version (from gtk.org) has: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -alG /usr/local/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/printbackends/ > total 92 > drwxr-sr-x 2 root 4096 2008-07-06 21:26 . > drwxr-sr-x 6 root 4096 2008-07-06 21:26 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1315 2008-07-06 21:26 libprintbackend-file.la > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 37984 2008-07-06 21:26 libprintbackend-file.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1309 2008-07-06 21:26 libprintbackend-lpr.la > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 34034 2008-07-06 21:26 libprintbackend-lpr.so > > I compiled by just "./configure", "make", without setting any > options. So by default gtk does not have a cups print backend, > only "lpr" and "file" (when compiled on a cups-less system, I > presume). The Debian version has "lpr" and "file", as well as > "cups" and something called "test". > > Maybe you can explain these findings. Anyway it seems that the bug > is not in ff3 but in libgtk2.0-0. >
It didn't work here. I did the same thing and the appropriate stuff in /usr/local but I still can't print. Did you do something to make FF see the gtk-2.10 stuff? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]