Firefox printing does not work in 22.04
Josef Wolf
jw at raven.inka.de
Thu Dec 14 12:58:13 UTC 2023
On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 07:20:49AM -0600, Wade Smart wrote:
> Learn something new all the time watching these emails. :)
>
> Im on Kubuntu 22.04 with the latest updated firefox on my computer
> with my laptop next to me and Im finishing setting up laptops for a
> business so I checked - all mine show what Ian posted and all print
> and have dialog boxes to change the printer.
>
> Could it be Josef Wolf not being up to date?
I am fully up-to-date with 22.04 LTS
Currently, not even the method described in my previous mail
(systemdialog+lpr) works. This method has worked a week ago. Now, nothing
happens at all (according to cups logs)
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> On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 6:47 AM Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 11:40, gene heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> This prompted me to go check a bananapi-m5 running armbian with firefox
> >> as nightly snap. No cups printers, and there are 2, configured as 5 with
> >> different profiles here. I'd say that is a good guess. And a reason to
> >> fuss. Loudly.
> >
> >
> > OK. I usually print from evince (GNOME's PDF viewer) on an old computer. First I printed a couple of pages as PDFs from within evince. Worked fine.
> >
> > Then I mocked up a small HTML file and looked at it in Firefox and printed that OK.
> >
> > I am no expert on snaps. But it _might_ be a snap connections issue.But here is some hopefully relevant info from my system.
> >
> > $ lsb_release -a
> > No LSB modules are available.
> > Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> > Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
> > Release: 22.04
> > Codename: jammy
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux einstein 6.2.0-37-generic #38~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 2 18:01:13 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > $ snap info firefox
> > name: firefox
> > summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser
> > publisher: Mozilla**
> > store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox
> > contact: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla
> > license: unset
> > description: |
> > Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web
> > application technologies.
> > commands:
> > - firefox
> > - firefox.geckodriver
> > snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk
> > tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-22.04
> > refresh-date: yesterday at 14:20 GMT
> > channels:
> > latest/stable: 120.0.1-1 2023-11-30 (3504) 254MB -
> > latest/candidate: 120.0.1-1 2023-12-05 (3516) 257MB -
> > latest/beta: 121.0b8-1 2023-12-06 (3518) 258MB -
> > latest/edge: 122.0a1 2023-11-29 (3494) 290MB -
> > esr/stable: 115.5.0esr-1 2023-11-21 (3392) 253MB -
> > esr/candidate: 115.5.0esr-1 2023-11-14 (3392) 253MB -
> > esr/beta: ^
> > esr/edge: ^
> > installed: 120.0.1-1 (3504) 254MB -
> >
> > ~$ snap connections firefox
> > Interface Plug Slot Notes
> > audio-playback firefox:audio-playback :audio-playback -
> > audio-record firefox:audio-record :audio-record -
> > avahi-observe firefox:avahi-observe :avahi-observe -
> > browser-support firefox:browser-sandbox :browser-support -
> > camera firefox:camera :camera -
> > content[gnome-42-2204] firefox:gnome-42-2204 gnome-42-2204:gnome-42-2204 -
> > content[gtk-3-themes] firefox:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
> > content[icon-themes] firefox:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
> > content[sound-themes] firefox:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
> > cups-control firefox:cups-control :cups-control -
> > dbus - firefox:dbus-daemon -
> > desktop firefox:desktop :desktop -
> > desktop-legacy firefox:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
> > gsettings firefox:gsettings :gsettings -
> > hardware-observe firefox:hardware-observe :hardware-observe -
> > home firefox:home :home -
> > joystick firefox:joystick :joystick -
> > mount-control firefox:host-hunspell :mount-control -
> > mpris - firefox:mpris -
> > network firefox:network :network -
> > network-bind firefox:network-bind :network-bind -
> > network-observe firefox:network-observe - -
> > opengl firefox:opengl :opengl -
> > personal-files firefox:dot-mozilla-firefox :personal-files -
> > removable-media firefox:removable-media :removable-media -
> > screen-inhibit-control firefox:screen-inhibit-control :screen-inhibit-control -
> > system-files firefox:etc-firefox :system-files -
> > system-packages-doc firefox:system-packages-doc :system-packages-doc -
> > u2f-devices firefox:u2f-devices :u2f-devices -
> > unity7 firefox:unity7 :unity7 -
> > upower-observe firefox:upower-observe :upower-observe -
> > wayland firefox:wayland :wayland -
> > x11 firefox:x11 :x11 -
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> >
> > Ian
> >
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