Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now
given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it
to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file
but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to
the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless
so far as I am concerned.
So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that
unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be
security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to
hope for the best.
Anthony
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07-03-2008, 12:33 PM
Ron Johnson
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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On 07/03/08 06:21, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now
> given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it
> to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file
> but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to
> the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless
> so far as I am concerned.
While I have no doubt that you are having problems, neither of those
issues are happening to me. My printer (blandly named "lp") shows
up in the Print dialog box, and have RealPlayer 10.0.9-0.1 installed
from debian-multimedia.org, so that's the format I choose when I
click on a BBC Radio station.
Here are the pages I tested:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0806/ref.shtml
> So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that
> unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be
> security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to
> hope for the best.
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07-03-2008, 12:37 PM
David Goodenough
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now
> given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it
> to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file
> but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to
> the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless
> so far as I am concerned.
>
> So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that
> unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be
> security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to
> hope for the best.
>
> Anthony
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> and sceptical articles)
Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date
each morning - running unstable.
It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World
Service using it without any problems.
I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly.
So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually
lucky.
David.
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07-03-2008, 01:50 PM
Anthony Campbell
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
On 03 Jul 2008, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now
> > given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it
> > to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file
> > but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to
> > the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless
> > so far as I am concerned.
> >
> > So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that
> > unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be
> > security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to
> > hope for the best.
> >
> > Anthony
> > --
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> > http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews,
> > and sceptical articles)
>
> Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date
> each morning - running unstable.
>
> It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World
> Service using it without any problems.
>
> I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly.
>
> So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually
> lucky.
>
> David.
>
I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I
don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone
wrong with the original download.
The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I
don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered
the possibility to print to file.
Anthony
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07-03-2008, 01:51 PM
Anthony Campbell
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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> While I have no doubt that you are having problems, neither of those
> issues are happening to me. My printer (blandly named "lp") shows
> up in the Print dialog box, and have RealPlayer 10.0.9-0.1 installed
> from debian-multimedia.org, so that's the format I choose when I
> click on a BBC Radio station.
>
Are you using CUPS or lpr/lpd?
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07-03-2008, 01:57 PM
Ron Johnson
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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> On 03 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> While I have no doubt that you are having problems, neither of those
>> issues are happening to me. My printer (blandly named "lp") shows
>> up in the Print dialog box, and have RealPlayer 10.0.9-0.1 installed
>> from debian-multimedia.org, so that's the format I choose when I
>> click on a BBC Radio station.
>>
>
> Are you using CUPS or lpr/lpd?
CUPS
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07-03-2008, 01:59 PM
Ron Johnson
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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On 07/03/08 08:50, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 03 Jul 2008, David Goodenough wrote:
>> On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote:
>>> Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now
>>> given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it
>>> to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file
>>> but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to
>>> the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless
>>> so far as I am concerned.
>>>
>>> So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that
>>> unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be
>>> security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to
>>> hope for the best.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>> --
>>> Anthony Campbell - ac@acampbell.org.uk
>>> Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
>>> http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews,
>>> and sceptical articles)
>> Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date
>> each morning - running unstable.
>>
>> It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World
>> Service using it without any problems.
>>
>> I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly.
>>
>> So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually
>> lucky.
>>
>> David.
>>
>
> I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I
> don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone
> wrong with the original download.
>
> The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I
> don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered
> the possibility to print to file.
Have you tried installing xprint?
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07-03-2008, 02:12 PM
Anthony Campbell
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
On 03 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I
> > don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone
> > wrong with the original download.
> >
> > The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I
> > don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered
> > the possibility to print to file.
>
> Have you tried installing xprint?
>
Yes, I have xprint. The problem is that the option to choose lpr has
been removed from iceweasel. I really don't want to move to CUPS just
for this. I regard this as a retrograde step on the part of the the
Iceweasel developers, resulting in loss of choice.
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07-03-2008, 03:49 PM
Ron Johnson
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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On 07/03/08 09:12, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 03 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I
>>> don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone
>>> wrong with the original download.
>>>
>>> The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I
>>> don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered
>>> the possibility to print to file.
>> Have you tried installing xprint?
>>
>
> Yes, I have xprint. The problem is that the option to choose lpr has
> been removed from iceweasel. I really don't want to move to CUPS just
> for this. I regard this as a retrograde step on the part of the the
> Iceweasel developers, resulting in loss of choice.
s/iceweasel/firefox
But I do see your point. File a bug at Mozilla.com. I'm sure
they'll mark it Wont-fix, though...
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Hugo Vanwoerkom
Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 07/03/08 09:12, Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 03 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I
don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone
wrong with the original download.
The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I
don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered
the possibility to print to file.
Have you tried installing xprint?
Yes, I have xprint. The problem is that the option to choose lpr has
been removed from iceweasel. I really don't want to move to CUPS just
for this. I regard this as a retrograde step on the part of the the
Iceweasel developers, resulting in loss of choice.
s/iceweasel/firefox
But I do see your point. File a bug at Mozilla.com. I'm sure
they'll mark it Wont-fix, though...
Does this work correctly in FF3? I have that but also CUPS so I can't
test it.
Hugo
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