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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