Re: [Lpr-discuss] GtkOptionMenu -> GtkCombo f?r printer list in gpr

[f95-msv@f.kth.se ( Svantesson)]

debdev@Tonelli.sns.it (Andrea Mennucc) writes:

> hi

Hi you!

I was getting worried the list was dead...

> you say you get this error:
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> > GLib-CRITICAL **: file gstrfuncs.c: line 186 (g_strconcat): assertion=
 `string1 !=3D NULL' failed.
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> may you try using the gpr 0.9-1 that I sent to Debian?

I tried that now and I still get the same error.

> also, may you send me your file /etc/printcap

Excerpt from my printcap (the rest of it is all the same):

attic:\
	:ppdfile=3DHP_LaserJet_4050_Series.ppd:
exjobb:\
	:ppdfile=3DHP_LaserJet_4100_Series.ppd:
dubbel1:\
	:ppdfile=3Dgeneric-printer.ppd:
corner:\
	:ppdfile=3DHP_LaserJet_4050_Series.ppd:
adm:\
	:ppdfile=3DHP_LaserJet_4000_Series.ppd:


> > In my case the message came from not having any spool directories
> > specified in printcap. My fix i a bit ugly since it gives a warning
> > during compilation, but it's better than runtime errors...
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> how can yuu print if you don't have spooldirs?

The spooldirs resides on the printer server. As far as I know the
clients run plain Solaris lpd while the servers run lprng. In any
case, gpr can't reach the spooldirs referred to in the printers.conf
file (as printcap is called on Solaris). I suspect that I would get
problems if gpr used a printcap file with unreachable spooldirs, but I
don't really know since I've made a special printcap for use with gpr.
The reason for that is really that I'm not a system administrator but
belongs to a group of students that can install software in certain
volumes of the system.

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> the idea of using a combo is very good; but,
> I am sorry, I have problems here with your patch:
> seems the callback is called with the wrong ppd_struct  pointer
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> we should work on it a bit.

Hmm, it works perfectly for me (as far as I can judge)... I tried
applying my patch to 0.9-1 as well, and it seemed to work fine. (By
the way, sorry for the awkward directory name in the patch.) Can you
please give some detail on your problem.

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