[csw-users] Problem with OpenOffice 2.2.0

[James Lee]

On 10/10/07, 19:46:19, Jeffery Small <jeff at cjsa.com> wrote regarding Re:
[csw-users] Pr
> >This isn't happening to me neither is it happening randomly.  Somewhere
> >your system must know about CUPS.  Truss it and look for clues.

> The CSWcups package is not installed on this system, but CSWlibcups and
> CSWlibgnomecups are installed, not directly by me, but apparently as a
> dependency by some other packages.

> So even though I am not using the CUPS, OO searches for a cups library
> and eventually finds one at:

>       /opt/csw/lib/sparcv8/libcups.so.2

> which it opens.

> Also, when I run spadmin, it creates a ~/.cups/lpoptions file that stores
> any modifications you make to the printer setup.  So, even though I
> didn't install the CSWcups package, if the CSW version of OO finds the
> cups library, then it apparently assumes that it is in use.

I don't have CUPS installed, neither do I have ~/.cups/.  soffice
opens libcups but doesn't do anything odd.


> I did download and install OO 2.3 from the OpenOffice.org web site and
> it does not exhibit any of these printer problems (although it has some
> problems of its own).  It just shows a generic printer with the expected
> SGENPRT driver and it prints properly.  When I truss this version, I
> don't see any attempt to search for and load a cups library.

Possibly true, using CUPS is a build option - although I have the same
build options as you and get the right printer.




James.