Confirming this, I see many similar reports in other sites and at least one bug related to this (bug 41271).
Can you try to install the a2ps package and retrying ? ** Summary changed: - No printer dialog in xubuntu/xfprint + xfprint4 crashes: no printer dialog in Xubuntu/Xfprint4 ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xubuntu-system-tools On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 13:36 +0200, Rainer Fischer wrote: + > Nevertheless nothing happens on clicking + > "Print Dialog" in the accessories menu, and + > both printers are shown by name "unknown" + > in the "Print Manager" menu item. - > Nevertheless nothing happens on clicking - - > "Print Dialog" in the accessories menu, and - - > both printers are shown by name "unknown" - - > in the "Print Manager" menu item. - - - FWLIW, I have my printer configed through CUPS and it prints - nicely - - from Xfce and it's associated apps. This is on FC5 so that might be - + FWLIW, I have my printer configed through CUPS and it prints nicely from + Xfce and it's associated apps. This is on FC5 so that might be significant. - -- Boring Home Page - http://www.webtrek.com/joe - See my blog, sumo game ranks and other interesting junk - _______________________________________________ Xfce mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce - - http://www.xfce.org - - On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 15:26 +0200, Rainer Fischer wrote: - > Sorry, but I had been so happy to get the samba printing started that - > I totally forgot to answer your questions. - - > - + > > Each time xfprint4 is invoked from a console (root or user) the - > messages are as follows (after bringing up the file dialog): - > - > (xfprint4:#job no.) Warning: failed request with status 1030 #4 times - > segmentation fault That should not occur (pointer set to something not - > allowed?) [...] - - > > Does it start and if not, what is the output (i.e. any error - + > > Does it start and if not, what is the output (i.e. any error > > messages, is it crashing with a segmentation fault)? - - > > - - > So it is. Please inform me, when the bug is being fixed. - + > > + > So it is. Please inform me, when the bug is being fixed. The above is very strongly pointing to an issue with Xubuntu and - not - - Xfce. They built the packages wrong or something so if you could file a - - bug report with them then you would be informed when the bug is fixed. + not Xfce. They built the packages wrong or something so if you could + file a bug report with them then you would be informed when the bug is + fixed. The bug is most definitely not with the Xfce code. - - -- - + -- Boring Home Page - http://www.webtrek.com/joe - See my blog, sumo game ranks and other interesting junk - - ========================= #0 0x08050495 in print_dialog_get_type () #1 0xb7971c72 in g_object_thaw_notify () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #2 0xb7972115 in g_object_newv () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb7972d10 in g_object_new_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb7972e4e in g_object_new () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #5 0x0805114e in print_dialog_new () #6 0x0804e36b in main () (gdb) bt #0 0x08050495 in print_dialog_get_type () #1 0xb7971c72 in g_object_thaw_notify () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #2 0xb7972115 in g_object_newv () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb7972d10 in g_object_new_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb7972e4e in g_object_new () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #5 0x0805114e in print_dialog_new () #6 0x0804e36b in main () (gdb) ** Changed in: xfprint4 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- xfprint4 crashes: no printer dialog in Xubuntu/Xfprint4 https://launchpad.net/bugs/54436 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
