firefox: all printing support broken

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #344401 http://bugs.debian.org/344401

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (hmh)]

severity 344401 grave
retitle 344401 firefox: all printing support broken
thanks

It gets better and better. I tried various combinations, and here's what I
found:

1. xprint usually lets one change paper size and still works, but if you try
to print to file, you're likely to get something like this:
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x411f9838 ***
and firefox obviously crashes on that.

2. the CUPS queues either don't work (because of the paper size braindamage,
sometimes even when paper size is left at the default), or they print to
file just fine. They didn't crash firefox, unlike xprint.

And the CUPS queues sometimes ignore the print command, and sometimes
respect it. Often the command is reset to the default (!) after it works
*once*.

This is higly worrysome, there are obviously dangling pointers or worse in
this mess, I cannot reproduce *anything* reliably, it is like hunting
ghosts. I am bumping this bug to grave, this crap cannot reach testing.
Feel free to downgrade if, for some reason or another it works for most
users.

--
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #344401 http://bugs.debian.org/344401

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:43:02 -0200
From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: Printing support (CUPS) completely hosed

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Severity: important

Firefox is one step ahead on the road of getting printing completely wrong.
Now, it pops up a dialog which supposedly should get the printer's profile
from CUPS, but screws that up. Royally. And I cannot even fix this dumbass
software by telling it to call xpp instead of lpr (xpp does things right).

The result of the "new printer support" is that NONE of the printer's
capabilities are available since firefox screws that up, BUT now firefox
refuses to print at all just because my printer has a4 paper and I cannot
get even the fucking postscript/generic driver (which should support ALL
paper sizes, damn it!) to work. !@#%#% PoS software thinks that even
postscript/generic must support only letter-sized paper!

And the Debian paperconfig default in this machine is a4 just to add insult
to the injury.

I am not sure if you guys are aware, but letter size is NOT a good way to
try to print on a4 paper (it causes information loss), which is used in most
of the world. If firefox is going to pretend it knows about printing, it
must get at least THAT much right.

Please remove all "intelligent printing" crap from firefox until it is ready
for use. Let us use xpp or kprint or something else that actually works for
now.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.3-debian4+bluesmoke+atapassthru+lm85
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X curso...

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:31:54 -0200
From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: firefox: Printing support (CUPS) completely hosed

severity 344401 grave
retitle 344401 firefox: all printing support broken
thanks

It gets better and better. I tried various combinations, and here's what I
found:

1. xprint usually lets one change paper size and still works, but if you try
to print to file, you're likely to get something like this:
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x411f9838 ***
and firefox obviously crashes on that.

2. the CUPS queues either don't work (because of the paper size braindamage,
sometimes even when paper size is left at the default), or they print to
file just fine. They didn't crash firefox, unlike xprint.

And the CUPS queues sometimes ignore the print command, and sometimes
respect it. Often the command is reset to the default (!) after it works
*once*.

This is higly worrysome, there are obviously dangling pointers or worse in
this mess, I cannot reproduce *anything* reliably, it is like hunting
ghosts. I am bumping this bug to grave, this crap cannot reach testing.
Feel free to downgrade if, for some reason or another it works for most
users.

--
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

[Drew Parsons (dparsons)]

I can confirm the problem with the CUPS printer. The printer properties
are listed there, including my paper setting of iso-A4. But when I try
to "print to file" with it, firefox 1.5 complains, saying "There was a
problem printing because the paper size you specified is not supported
by your printer." The same goes for Postscript/default.

The Xprint printers are, however, working for me. That is, I can print
to them using iso-A4 paper. I'm not seeing the glibc crash that
Henrique reported. I'm on libc6 2.3.5-9 (i386).

Drew

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:21:45 +1100
From: Drew Parsons <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: firefox: Printing support (CUPS) completely hosed

I can confirm the problem with the CUPS printer. The printer properties
are listed there, including my paper setting of iso-A4. But when I try
to "print to file" with it, firefox 1.5 complains, saying "There was a
problem printing because the paper size you specified is not supported
by your printer." The same goes for Postscript/default.

The Xprint printers are, however, working for me. That is, I can print
to them using iso-A4 paper. I'm not seeing the glibc crash that
Henrique reported. I'm on libc6 2.3.5-9 (i386).

Drew

[Øystein Gisnås (oystein-gisnas)]

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I can't reproduce the problems you experience. I've successfully printed to a CUPS printer, but unfortunately haven't tried any other printer.

Printing to file with CUPS-driver or Postscript/Default works fine, however, both with Letter and A4.

Maybe you could describe a bit more clearly the steps needed to reproduce any of the errors that happen every time? (preferably without having to actually print every time)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

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Message-id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:07:01 +0100
From: Oystein Gisnas <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: Can't confirm. Steps to reproduce?

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I can't reproduce the problems you experience. I've successfully printed to a CUPS printer, but unfortunately haven't tried any other printer.

Printing to file with CUPS-driver or Postscript/Default works fine, however, both with Letter and A4.

Maybe you could describe a bit more clearly the steps needed to reproduce any of the errors that happen every time? (preferably without having to actually print every time)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no deb...

[Sylvain Le Gall (gildor)]

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

Hello,

I can confirm this bug. My papersize is A4 by default on my system.
My CUPS works in A4 mode for most applications. When i try to print
anything with firefox and CUPS, i get an error about papersize. I have
also tried to change the papersize in the property of the printer.

Anyway, i can print with Xprint. But this bug is very annoying.

Thanks for maintaining firefox,
Kind regard
Sylvain Le Gall

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.3-grand
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Message-ID: <20051224103850.9333.31289.reportbug@grand>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:38:50 +0100
From: "Sylvain Le Gall" <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: Confirmation

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

Hello,

I can confirm this bug. My papersize is A4 by default on my system.
My CUPS works in A4 mode for most applications. When i try to print
anything with firefox and CUPS, i get an error about papersize. I have
also tried to change the papersize in the property of the printer.

Anyway, i can print with Xprint. But this bug is very annoying.

Thanks for maintaining firefox,
Kind regard
Sylvain Le Gall

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.3-grand
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Mark Robinson (mark-zl2tod)]

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #344401

My system seems to be similar to those of people seeing this behaviour, but
I am instead seeing a message to the effect of "All printing disabled,
Debian bug ... " pop up very briefly on pressing the print button.

The printer then proceeds to work really rather nicely.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:03:44 +1300
From: Mark Robinson <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: not all printing broken

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #344401

My system seems to be similar to those of people seeing this behaviour, but
I am instead seeing a message to the effect of "All printing disabled,
Debian bug ... " pop up very briefly on pressing the print button.

The printer then proceeds to work really rather nicely.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Jean-Paul Vincent (jpvincent1)]

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I had the problem on one of two ibooks. As usual, erasing the directory solved the problem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

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[Jean-Paul Vincent (jpvincent1)]

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I forgot:

... erasing the user's directory: .mozilla/firefox ...

Sorry.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:53:32 +0100
From: Jean-Paul Vincent <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: printing support broken: a workaround

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-2
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I had the problem on one of two ibooks. As usual, erasing the directory solved the problem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:21:15 +0100
From: Jean-Paul Vincent <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: firefox: printing broken

Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #344401

I forgot:

... erasing the user's directory: .mozilla/firefox ...

Sorry.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

firefox recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Phil Endecott (phil-lysmk-endecott)]

Hi

I'm also suffering with CUPS printing from "Deer Park"
(1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-2) not working, with a "paper size not supported"
error. It looks to me as if the dimensions for a4 are wrong. In the
File - Print - Printer - Properties - Paper Size menu it lists "iso-a4
(209x296 mm)". Although the "A" paper sizes are not really exact
numbers of milimetres (the ratio of their sides is sqrt(2)) the
dimensions for a4 are normally rounded differently, to 210x297. I'm
guessing that some other bit of the system is rejecting the 209x296 as
not close enough. Where does the list of sizes in that menu come from?

XPrint (I think that's what it is; the PrinterName@:64 entries in the
Printer menu) has the same list of paper sizes, but they do work in this
case. Unfortunately I get the wrong fonts when I use this, even when I
print-to-file and view with ghostview.

This is a pretty serious regression; I can't print web pages. Let me
know if there is any further information I can provide.

--Phil.

p.s. Sorry for not checking the newest version; I wanted to browse the
changelog, but packages.debian.org is down.

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:09:30 +0000
From: Phil Endecott <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: a4 dimensions are wrong

Hi

I'm also suffering with CUPS printing from "Deer Park"
(1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-2) not working, with a "paper size not supported"
error. It looks to me as if the dimensions for a4 are wrong. In the
File - Print - Printer - Properties - Paper Size menu it lists "iso-a4
(209x296 mm)". Although the "A" paper sizes are not really exact
numbers of milimetres (the ratio of their sides is sqrt(2)) the
dimensions for a4 are normally rounded differently, to 210x297. I'm
guessing that some other bit of the system is rejecting the 209x296 as
not close enough. Where does the list of sizes in that menu come from?

XPrint (I think that's what it is; the PrinterName@:64 entries in the
Printer menu) has the same list of paper sizes, but they do work in this
case. Unfortunately I get the wrong fonts when I use this, even when I
print-to-file and view with ghostview.

This is a pretty serious regression; I can't print web pages. Let me
know if there is any further information I can provide.

--Phil.

p.s. Sorry for not checking the newest version; I wanted to browse the
changelog, but packages.debian.org is down.

[Anthony Towns (aj-azure)]

severity 344401 important

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:03:32 +1000
From: Anthony Towns <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 344401 is important

severity 344401 important

[Phil Endecott (phil-amdeq-endecott)]

Just a quick followup to my previous report; this is still broken in
1.5.dfsg-3. Does anyone know where the dimensions in the print
properties dialog come from? I bet the "209x296" vs "210x297"
difference is the key.

--Phil.

[Rafael Ávila de Espíndola (rafael-espindola)]

I found that removing prefs.js from the default profile causes firefox
to probe for printer information. Now the printer works and the print
dialog has many more options then before :-)

Rafael

[Jan Willem Stumpel (jstumpel)]

Printing in firefox (Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2) is 'hosed' with
lprng too, so this is not CUPS-specific.

It is interesting to see how exactly it is hosed. The following
results explain some of the conflicting reports:

Test A.
=======

1. Remove prefs.js from the firefox default directory.
2. Start firefox.
3. print page to file using PostScript/Default (i.e. CUPS, if you
   have that). Succeeds.
4. print same page to file using xprint (lp@:64). Fails. 'Paper
   size is not supported by printer'.
5. Stop firefox.

Test B.
=======

1. Remove prefs.js from the firefox default directory.
2. Start firefox.
3. print page to file using xprint (lp@:64). Succeeds.
4. print same page to file using PostScript/Default. Fails. 'Paper
   size is not supported by printer'.
5. Stop firefox.

So it is whatever you used first, from a 'virgin' situation, that
works (and will keep working afterwards).

I noticed that in the new firefox the 'Postscript/Default' has
been changed; it now uses Freetype printing by default, and thus
can print international pages. So we are closer to being able to
get rid of xprint (/etc/init.d/xprint stop or update-rc.d -f
xprint remove); then X must be restarted, otherwise there will be
long delays while firefox keeps looking for the missing xprint.
Now only PostScript/Default will be offered.

Unfortunately, the print results with PostScript/Default, although
better than they used to be, are still not quite up to the
standard of (properly tuned) xprint. For instance I noticed some
problems with printing left and right (UTF-8) single quotes, and
with Korean. But this may also be a matter of tuning.

Regards, Jan

[Phil Endecott (phil-wtufz-endecott)]

This is just a suggestion for the other people who have been suffering
from this bug. Having had no printing for several weeks, I decided to
try an official mozilla.org download. I installed a nightly build (it
happens to be 2006-02-12, but that's not anything special), and it
works. Font selection might not be perfect but I haven't investigated
that properly. It seems to have only the "CUPS/printername" entries in
the printer list.

As I mentioned in an earlier message, I'm convinced that the problem is
that somewhere there is a list of paper sizes that has the "A" paper
dimensions rounded incorrectly. If someone who has the package source
tree available could do a "grep -r 209 ." that might give us a clue.

--Phil.

[Viktor Horvath (viktorhorvath)]

Hello,

sorry to report that maybe the paper dimensions aren't the essential
point. On my machine, it shows nicely 210x297mm, however I get the paper
size error described above. Only the PostScript/default into a file
works (and there I have to change the papersize from Letter to A4 at
every single print).

Best wishes, Viktor.

[Eric Dorland (eric-debian)]

forwarded 344401 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272670
thanks

This bug appears to be this upstream bug, and contains some of the
same advice as below.

* Jan Willem Stumpel (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> Printing in firefox (Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2) is 'hosed' with
> lprng too, so this is not CUPS-specific.
>
> It is interesting to see how exactly it is hosed. The following
> results explain some of the conflicting reports:
>
> Test A.
> =======
>
> 1. Remove prefs.js from the firefox default directory.
> 2. Start firefox.
> 3. print page to file using PostScript/Default (i.e. CUPS, if you
> have that). Succeeds.
> 4. print same page to file using xprint (lp@:64). Fails. 'Paper
> size is not supported by printer'.
> 5. Stop firefox.
>
> Test B.
> =======
>
> 1. Remove prefs.js from the firefox default directory.
> 2. Start firefox.
> 3. print page to file using xprint (lp@:64). Succeeds.
> 4. print same page to file using PostScript/Default. Fails. 'Paper
> size is not supported by printer'.
> 5. Stop firefox.
>
> So it is whatever you used first, from a 'virgin' situation, that
> works (and will keep working afterwards).
>
> I noticed that in the new firefox the 'Postscript/Default' has
> been changed; it now uses Freetype printing by default, and thus
> can print international pages. So we are closer to being able to
> get rid of xprint (/etc/init.d/xprint stop or update-rc.d -f
> xprint remove); then X must be restarted, otherwise there will be
> long delays while firefox keeps looking for the missing xprint.
> Now only PostScript/Default will be offered.
>
> Unfortunately, the print results with PostScript/Default, although
> better than they used to be, are still not quite up to the
> standard of (properly tuned) xprint. For instance I noticed some
> problems with printing left and right (UTF-8) single quotes, and
> with Korean. But this may also be a matter of tuning.

--
Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: <email address hidden>
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