Hi again, Confirming that the cause was the Qt 4.4.0 bug. the behaviour is fixed in 4.4.1. (Though now my printer seems to complain about syntax errors in what Okular sends it. I may get to searching for/submitting that bug at some stage.)
Peace, Brendon Brendon Higgins wrote (2008-09-03 10:34 am): > Hi, > > Pino Toscano wrote (2008-09-03 1:00 am): > > > Trying to print a PDF document fails. There is no error message, but > > > after clicking "Print", Okular spends a bit of time doing some > > > processing, after which no job is sent to the print queue. > > > > If you open the print dialog and select your printer, which > > "Description:" do you get for it? Is it something like "Write PDF file" > > or "Write PostScript file"? > > No, nothing like that. The printers listed are the usual list I would > expect (lp for the printer in my office, and one for a printer in a nearby > office). The "Location" and "Type" fields correspond to those printers, > there's no other fields, and no indication anywhere that they are set to > some write-to-file mode. > > Interestingly, though, it only lists the printers configured in CUPS, and > doesn't have the extra options that KPDF has (like "Print to File > (PDF)", "Send to Fax", etc). KPDF has no trouble printing, FWIW. > > Ah, new info: The file is only overwritten when it lives in the home > directory. When the file is anywhere else (including subdirectories) it is > not overwritten, however a file of the same name is created in ~. > > I've just had a poke around at upstream bugtracker. I suspect it might be > related to this: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162793 , which I > notice you've already noticed. :-) Qt 4.4.1 is still in experimental, > though. I could give it a try. > > Peace, > Brendon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
