Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Printing from Local apps = Firefox 3 bug!

[Anton V. <an...@ik...>]

Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti:
> Anton Vaaranmaa kirjoitti:
> 
>> I'll ive it a test after lunch...
> 
> Anton, one thing. I did add remote printer manually in 
> /etc/cups/printer.conf file in LTSP/CUPS server. After that FF as a 
> local application did see printer and 'Print' was clear. But it says 
> something bout connection error, when I did hit button.
> 
> I did use ipp:// format. Not really sure is that good one.
> 
> http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.4/ref-printers-conf.html
> 
> I bring this question up in our workshop next week and we do some 
> testing, too.

Asmo and all others,

I think I have located the problem at least to which software is failing
to function as expected. I plugged my old laptop, stopped the Cups
daemon and created a client.conf file and inserted "ServerName
myprintserver.local". I started Firefox (v 3.0), and had the same
problem as I have had with our LTSP local apps: the print button was
gray for all printers on the list that are configured on the primary
print server!

Then I did some more testing: I launched Konqueror. It gave me the
normal KDE print dialogue and the printer list /and/ <*drumrolls*> ... a
print button! I printed some pages and they printed out successfully!
Then I launched Thunderbird (v2.0 something) and I could print normally
also with this one!

Conclusion: Firefox => 3.0 (and likely also other Mozilla/XUL apps of
its generation) has a bug that does not let you print in an environment
with multiple Cups servers, at least not when the master print server is
CentOS 5 (or some other RHEL clone).

PS. Did not find this bug in Mozilla Bugzilla. I'm filing a bug as we
speak...

-- 
Anton