OOo Refuses to print in Dapper

[Steven Pasternak]

Rob Blomquist wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 October 2006 19:02, Steven Pasternak wrote:
>   
>> Hi! I have Dapper 6.06 with latest updates and KDE 3.5.5 (repo data from
>> the kde/kubuntu site) and OOo 2.0.2. I just tried to print something,
>> but it just said print error. I did file>print and the only printer
>> there was 'Generic Printer'. On any other program (kde, firefox,etc.)
>> the printer named 'printer' shows up and works. When I try to set up
>> printer, OOo just crashes. What am I to do? Thanks!
>>     
>
> Interesting. I am running KDE 3.5.5 with OOo 2.0.2 and all is working fine.
>
> Have you reloaded X, or rebooted since your upgrade to 3.5.5? This may be 
> necessary to stop all the old versions of programs, and start the new ones. I 
> have now started doing this when I upload a new version of KDE, as it is now 
> getting so complex that it may not run right until everything new is running 
> properly together.
>
> Otherwise, have you checked in the KDE Control Panel for the printer settings 
> and made sure that it was working properly.
>
> This is all just a stab in the dark. Maybe you could let us in on the nature 
> of the error more. It sounds like an OOo error, but maybe it is CUPS?
>
> Rob
>   
I rebooted before I sent the message. I know it isn't cups/the printer 
because I installed kword and printed it out a minute ago (it's due 
tomorrow!). It seems to be OOo, so what should I do?
Steven