gfax postinstall script

[cheesyking]

Binary package hint: gfax

ubuntu 10.04
gfax 0.7.7+ds-1

with the source version gfax 0.7.7 there is a postinstall.sh script that you run to finalise the install.

This script:
- creates /var/spool/gfax and sets its permissions. Without this dir gfax crashes on startup.

- adds a gfax printer to CUPS so users can print from any appliction

- registers gfax in gnome.

0.7.7+ds1from the repository only performs the last action leaving you unable to start gfax and without the printer.

I've seen this both on a 9.10 => 10.04 upgrade (installing gfax for the first time in 10.04) and on a 10.04 clean install.

postinstall.sh is attached. Running the script after installing from repositories (you must also restart cups after running the script) should fix both problems.

[Sebastian Abate (sebastianabate)]

This problem still persist in Maverick 32 bits, with all the updates, but the previous script fails in the last command. In Maverick, the last line must be

gconf-schemas --register /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gfax.schemas

[FiReSTaRT (dlyh)]

On Maverick 64, GFax won't even start. When I try to run it from the terminal, here's the output that I get:
Unhandled Exception: GLib.GException: Icon 'gtk-info' not present in theme
  at Gtk.IconTheme.LoadIcon (System.String icon_name, Int32 size, IconLookupFlags flags) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at gfax.G_ListView.AddColumnIcon (System.String iconname, Int32 col) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at gfax.Gfax..ctor (System.String fname, System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at gfax.gfax.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
I'm attaching the strace output. I only scrubbed out my username and replaced it with "username"