Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:29:57 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-office@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libreoffice can't print to lpd/lp printers Message-ID: <20130708042957.GA99301@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307072023070.27668@wonkity.com> References: <20120724170341.GA63276@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20120724200341.GA67317@server.rulingia.com> <20120724200845.GA65091@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307072023070.27668@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 08:48:02PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 06:03:42AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> On 2012-Jul-24 10:03:41 -0700, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > >>> If one builds libreoffice and one does not use CUPS, > >>> then libreoffice will not print to an lpd/lp printer. > >>> This worked with older versins of this port. One > >>> can find a thread about this problem at > >>> > >>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user/19782 > >>> > >>> To fix the problem, the Makefile needs to be changed > >>> with the following patch. After rebuilding libreoffice > >>> with the patch, I can again print to lpd/lp without > >>> a problem. > >> > >> See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=167441 > >> amongst others > >> > > > > Thanks for the pointer. I was not aware that others > > have reported the problem. Heck, I'm just happy that > > libreoffice again builds on amd64. > > A followup to this year-old thread... LibreOffice (again) does not like > BSD lpr/lpd again, dumping core when printing is attempted. > > That is without setting up a printer, because > /usr/local/lib/libreoffice/program/spadmin says > > No printers can be installed, because the file system is read-only. > Please contact your system administrator. > > As is traditional with error messages, it does not mention any > information which might help the user solve the situation, like which > directory is read-only. > > It may just be that a directory is missing. Certainly truss says that > spadmin is looking for lots and lots of directories, but I don't know > how to identify which one is the problem, or whether that really is the > problem. > > Any ideas? Just upgraded to the newest version of libreoffice, but have yet to try to print. I've recently started to print/export to pdf, and then use xpdf or acroread to print to hardcopy. -- Steve
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