firefox and printing

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:22:58 -0700
Collins Richey <erichey2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:00:07 -0500
> Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 2/12/2004 10:45 PM, I believe that Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > > FYI,
> > > 
> > > Yep, firefox does not like printing.  I have to revert to firebird
> > > anytime I want hardcopy.
> > > 
> > > Either firefox goes "poof," or the printout goes "poof."
> > > 
> > 
> > You have firebird AND firefox on the same system? Does the problem
> > exist with other users? With a newly created user?
> > I smell a profile problem...
> > 
> 
> Yes. Only one user. Haven't tried. Tell me more.
> 
> firefox comes up ok with my existing profile; everything works aok. 
> Shutdown firefox, and firebird runs ok, including printing.  It goes
> without saying, I don't try both concurrently.
> 
> I'll try another user, just for grins.
> 

Your sense of smell is excellent. Give the man a nice aromatic cigar!  

Another user worked fine, so I made a copy of my bookmarks, removed the
~/.phoenix directory, restarted, copied in my old bookmarks, and
voila!- printing is ok.

Thanks for the tip.  Now I can retire firebird.

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
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