printing problems with some applications

John Dennis jdennis at redhat.com
Fri Oct 5 16:58:18 UTC 2007


Joseph Sacco wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 11:53 -0400, John Dennis wrote:
>> Joseph Sacco wrote:
>>> Evolution and evince no longer print after updating to the latest
>>> version of rawhide [05-Oct-07].  Other applications print OK as does the
>>> test page from the printer set up. I can also print text files from the
>>> command line using lp.
>>>
>>> Anyone else seeing this?
>> I've been experiencing printer errors on my LaserJet 2100 which seem to only be 
>> triggered when printing from a rawhide box. I did file a bugzilla. I have not 
>> been able to determine the cause of the errors. The behavior is to put the 
>> printer in some type of error state with it's error light illuminated, pressing 
>> the "GO" button clears the error and printing continues normally.
>>
>> -- 
>> John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>
> 
> Interesting...  I am also using an HP2100M.
> 
> What happens when I attempt to print from either evince or evolution is
> a dialog box pops up *immediately* and says "too many errors".  The
> printer error light does not illuminate. Printing from another app, e.g.
> gedit, then works without having to reset the printer.
> 
> FWIW,  printing from a currently updated version of FC7 works fine for
> both evolution and evince.

FWIW the bug I filed is:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=312491

Consistent with your observation, this only seems to be triggered from 
rawhide.
-- 
John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>




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