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Title: Printing binary file material (DVI etc.)

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Printing binary file material (DVI etc.)

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.2

Symptom:

Certain files, such as DVI files, cannot, or can no longer, be printed, although the printer is supported, and everything is configured as specified in the "General Checklist" below. Also, printing via Samba from a Windows client to a printer on the Linux server does not function.

Cause:

The standard behavior of grep has changed; without the option "-a", grep in version 2.3 refuses to filter binary file material; for background information, refer also to the special article on grep given below.

Solution:

Please install the old "grep" 2.2 from the "base" package from the FTP server: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/a1/base.rpm.

You can install this package directly with YaST or with rpm -U; to install packages, refer to the article ke_update.html.

Observation:

Future versions of the "apsfilter" will of course work together with the newer "grep"; in order to be quite sure, however, a downgrade to "grep" 2.2, is first recommended, as mentioned above.

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Keywords: 6.2, APSFILTER, PRINTING, GREP, DVI, SAMBA, LPR

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Categories: Printer , Applications

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