Firefox printing does not work in 22.04
Josef Wolf
jw at raven.inka.de
Thu Dec 14 13:18:14 UTC 2023
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 01:58:13PM +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:
> 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
jw at x13.wolf.lan:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch:printing-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
jw at x13.wolf.lan:~$ uname -a
Linux x13 6.2.0-39-generic #40~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 16 10:53:04 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
jw at x13.wolf.lan:~$ 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
refresh-date: vor 29 Tagen, um 19:58 CET
channels:
latest/stable: 120.0.1-1 2023-11-30 (3504) 254MB -
latest/candidate: 121.0-1 2023-12-12 (3550) 257MB -
latest/beta: 121.0b9-1 2023-12-08 (3522) 257MB -
latest/edge: 122.0a1 2023-12-14 (3561) 290MB -
esr/stable: 115.5.0esr-1 2023-11-21 (3392) 253MB -
esr/candidate: 115.6.0esr-1 2023-12-11 (3542) 252MB -
esr/beta: ↑
esr/edge: ↑
installed: 119.0.1-1 (3358) 251MB -
jw at x13.wolf.lan:~$ snap connections firefox
Schnittstelle Plug Slot Notizen
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 - -
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 -
>
> 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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> > Registered Linux Machine: #408606
> > Linux since June 2005
> >
> > 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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