Re: Thot2.0b on Linux - printing?

Randy Gobbel (gobbel@cogsci.ucsd.edu)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:01:15 -0800

>>>>>>"Damir J.N." <dnaden@inforamp.net> wrote:
>> I apologize for bugging you, but I have installed Thot2.0b last night
>> and spent most of today trying to get it to print either to .ps file or
>> to the printer. My Linux is a Debian distribution, running Linux
>> kernel2.0.27 and lpr_5.9. I can print from Netscape and Wingz
>> spreadsheet ( both are NOT part of official Debian distribution, just to
>> eliminate the unknown variable). I can also print LaTeX and LyX files.
>> When trying to print to my HP DeskJet 600c printer I get a message :
>> "Destination refused by lpr spooler" ( both as auser and as a root),and
>> trying to produce a usable .ps file gives me "Cannot create *.ps file".
>> I went thru the E-mail repository on your web pages and i can tell I'm
>> not the only one with the problem. Is there a fix on the way or is the
>> fix in our hands - maybe I'm doing something extremly wrong?

I'm also running Debian, and I recall having a similar problem at some
point. I think it was related to permissions. Make sure you have write
permission on all the relevant places.

-Randy