From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 05:21:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC991065670 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 05:21:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D1C58FC19 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 05:21:42 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApEBADbtVUyWZWdv/2dsb2JhbAAH4DGFOQSEFIQN Received: from ppp103-111.static.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.144]) ([150.101.103.111]) by ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 02 Aug 2010 14:36:23 +0930 From: Wayne Sierke To: Malcolm Kay In-Reply-To: <201007261500.30380.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <201007261500.30380.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ASCII" Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:36:21 +0930 Message-ID: <1280725581.24785.33.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing from linux-firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:21:43 -0000 On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 15:00 +0930, Malcolm Kay wrote: > Having trouble getting flshh to work with native firefox, > I decided to try one or other of the linux versions. > > With > linux-firefox-devel-3.5.9 > I was able to get flash wworking OK. > But the linux version does not find any any printer access. > I am using (traditional) lpd for spooling to a Postscript > network printer. > > Is there something I need to do so that the linux emulation is > aware of the native level lpd spooler? > > The native version of firefox finds my printer OK. > > Any help appreciated. > > Malcolm Hi Malcolm, I don't use linux-firefox but have previously encountered problems printing via lpd from Acrobat Reader which use the linux compatibility sub-system. You might find the thread containing this message useful for a little background info: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2007-April/003469.html It looks as though the linux_base package now includes the "lp" script suggested in that message: %cat /usr/compat/linux/usr/bin/lp #!/bin/sh - exec /usr/bin/lpr "$@" %pkg_which /usr/compat/linux/usr/bin/lp linux_base-fc-4_15 For some time now I have been happily printing via lpd from Acrobat Reader to a network-connected postscript printer by selecting the "Custom" printer option in Acrobat Reader's "print" dialogue using its default "/usr/bin/lp" command. I can't run the native firefox that I normally use at the moment so cannot check what options firefox offers in its print dialogue but I hope this info gives you some kind of lead to help you resolve the problem. Wayne