firefox 3.5.6 doesn't see my CUPS printers

01-08-2010, 11:18 AM

Hi,

Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
anymore.
It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"

What am I missing?

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.

--
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

01-08-2010, 07:05 PM

On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,

Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
anymore.
It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"

My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
file have appropriate printer info in it?

01-08-2010, 07:10 PM

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:18:38 +0100 (CET)
Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
> anymore.
> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
>
> What am I missing?

WAG: Start cupsd?

-- Michael Higgins

01-08-2010, 08:46 PM

On 8 Jan 2010, at 20:10, Michael Higgins wrote:

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:18:38 +0100 (CET)
Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

Hi,

Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
anymore.
It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"

What am I missing?

WAG: Start cupsd?

Restart cupsd because it silently died for no apparent reason?

Stroller.

01-09-2010, 02:42 PM

On 8 Jan, walt wrote:
> On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
>> anymore.
>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
>
> My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
> file have appropriate printer info in it?
>
>
Yes, it contains several printers.
And these can be used by other software without problems.

Helmut.

01-09-2010, 02:43 PM

On 8 Jan, Michael Higgins wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:18:38 +0100 (CET)
> Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
>> anymore.
>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> WAG: Start cupsd?
>
It's running happily ever since.
Other software hasn't any problems using it.
Helmut.

01-09-2010, 02:44 PM

On 8 Jan, Stroller wrote:
>
> On 8 Jan 2010, at 20:10, Michael Higgins wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:18:38 +0100 (CET)
>> Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
>>> anymore.
>>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>> WAG: Start cupsd?
>
> Restart cupsd because it silently died for no apparent reason?

Not necessary since it's aliave ever since.
Helmut.

01-09-2010, 06:52 PM

On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

On 8 Jan, walt wrote:

On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,

Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
anymore.
It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"

My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
file have appropriate printer info in it?

Yes, it contains several printers.
And these can be used by other software without problems.

Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before.

Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use
different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx?

01-10-2010, 10:35 AM

On 9 Jan, walt wrote:
> On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> On 8 Jan, walt wrote:
>>> On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
>>>> anymore.
>>>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
>>>
>>> My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
>>> file have appropriate printer info in it?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, it contains several printers.
>> And these can be used by other software without problems.
>
> Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before.
>
> Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use
> different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx?

epiphany and konqeror both see all printers like previous versions of
Firefox.

Helmut.

01-10-2010, 03:48 PM

On 01/10/2010 03:35 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

On 9 Jan, walt wrote:

On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

On 8 Jan, walt wrote:

On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,

Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
anymore.
It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"

My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
file have appropriate printer info in it?

Yes, it contains several printers.
And these can be used by other software without problems.

Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before.

Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use
different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx?

epiphany and konqeror both see all printers like previous versions of
Firefox.

Certainly sounds like there is something broken in firefox. BTW, 3.5.6
is already obsolete, 3.5.7 was just released. Maybe an update would fix
the problem. If using the 'bin' version of 3.5.7 still doesn't work, I
would suggest using the non-bin version instead.