Blank pages when printing from AbiWord

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:54:25 -0800 (PST), Scott I. Remick  
<scott at sremick.net> wrote:

> AbiWord 2.2.3
> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE
> cups 1.1.23
>
> For a while now I have been unable to print from AbiWord. I get no  
> errors, but only blank pages (the number of which correspond with
> the number of pages in the document). In fact, even print preview
> shows a blank page(s), so I suspect the problem to be AbiWord. I've
> tried changing fonts but that doesn't help.
>
> I can print from other apps, such as Firefox, just fine. I have an HP
> LaserJet 1012 and I used to be able to print from AbiWord.
>
> Because I'm not getting any error, I'm not sure what to go on. I did a
> search on Google but didn't come up with anything except one guy
> last year who had the same problem on Debian, but got on responses.
>
> Any guidance?

Not sure as I don't have CUPS installed and I don't have any of printer  
here, but I would like to see your pkg_info and locale. The printer  
preview and export to ps/pdf work great here. However, try to add debug  
options in Makefile and reinstall it.

Change from (41 line):
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--disable-peer-config
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to:
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--disable-peer-config --enable-debug --enable-symbols
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Be sure to run abiword from any of terminal client such as gnome-terminal,  
xterm or whatever to allow you able to see the debug information in the  
CLI. It looks like I should add a new knob, WITH_DEBUG, sometime soon when  
AbiWord 2.2.4 is released.

Cheers,
Mezz


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