On (06/07/04 17:26), Brad Sims wrote: > On Tuesday 06 July 2004 1:07 pm, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > > Since I am not willing to configure my printers a third time with that > > crappy Xprint stuff (why the heck do we have CUPS including easy setup, > > PPD support, KDE/GNOME integration, etc etc etc etc), does anyone > > provide postscript-enabled xprint-disabled mozilla packages? Well in ppc xprint is broken (it crashes both Mozilla and Firefox) - I ended up removing both packages and installing Firefox 0.8-8 which prints postscript through cups and just works ;)
> > Mozilla has dropped support for direct printing; presumably, due to a truly > heroic amount of crack, and enough booze to make a Kennedy passout... > Allegedly, ps printing in mozilla allowed an exploit of some sort through the webpage being printed. However, I need to print reports and the like from the web and configuring xprint seems to be a major project/hack. So I'll risk the exploit until sanity returns and later packages will hopefully support "secure" ps printing ;) > As it now stands your choices are A) not print or B) downgrade to > a version that predates the brain damage. > > Go to snapshot.debian.net and get the following packages: > > epiphany-browser_1.2.6-1_i386.deb libnss3_1.6-7_i386.deb > mozilla-psm_1.6-7_i386.deb libnspr4_1.6-7_i386.deb > mozilla-browser_1.6-7_i386.deb mozilla-xft_1.6-7_i386.deb > > Install with 'dpkg -i'; be advised that you need to have the mozilla > stuff installed before epiphany-browser. > This was mcuh easier than I imagined ;) Debian rocks! > Then fire up your editor and as root add the following to > /etc/apt/preferences to keep apt from updating them: I use "h" (hold) in aptitude to leave this older version intact - isn't that sufficient? I suppose that I need to avoid doing an upgrade through apt ..... maybe pinning is a better solution - another taskette to broaden my knowledge ;) > > Package: mozilla-browser > Pin: version 1.6-7 > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > Package: mozilla-psm > Pin: version 1.6-7 > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > Package: mozilla-xft > Pin: version 1.6-7 > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > I hope this helps. > > Don't bother trying to file a bugreport, I was told that lack of postscript > wasn't a bug and it was closed. I guess I should just sell my postscript laser > printer then; as the Gods of Mozilla have spoken and Real Printers are > now passe. Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
