[GROOVY-2259] groovyConsole affected by Java printing problems in Ubuntu Linux

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1-rc-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Environment: Ubuntu Linux 7.10, Latest Java packages (6.0), Gnome, typical desktop install
• Assignee: Daniel Ferrin
• Reporter: Glen Marchesani
• Created: 02/Nov/07 00:56
• Updated: 23/Dec/07 12:25
• Resolved: 30/Nov/07 14:06

Description

Printing from Java applications does not work in Ubuntu 7.10, or at least does not work as it should. This is causing groovyConsole to dump a stack trace when asked to print a document.

However, this problem is not limited to groovy as a sample hello world print demo from Sun and other Java programs can't print either.

From a quick Google search I verified that this is affecting at least some other Ubuntu users (if not all).

Question: Should the print menu be disabled on Ubuntu, maybe replaced with a dialog noting the problem. If so how can the app determine if it is running on Ubuntu?

Question: Does this affect other flavors of Linux, RedHat Suse etc.

glen@amdx2:~/Desktop/groovy-1.1-rc-1/bin$ ./groovyConsole &
[1] 6501
glen@amdx2:~/Desktop/groovy-1.1-rc-1/bin$ java.lang.NullPointerException: null attribute
at sun.print.IPPPrintService.isAttributeValueSupported(IPPPrintService.java:1147)
at sun.print.ServiceDialog$OrientationPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:2121)
at sun.print.ServiceDialog$PageSetupPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:1263)
at sun.print.ServiceDialog.updatePanels(ServiceDialog.java:437)
at sun.print.ServiceDialog.initPrintDialog(ServiceDialog.java:195)
at sun.print.ServiceDialog.<init>(ServiceDialog.java:124)
at javax.print.ServiceUI.printDialog(ServiceUI.java:188)
at sun.print.RasterPrinterJob.printDialog(RasterPrinterJob.java:855)
at sun.print.PSPrinterJob.printDialog(PSPrinterJob.java:421)
at groovy.ui.ConsoleTextEditor$PrintAction.actionPerformed(ConsoleTextEditor.java:138)

[the rest goes through the awt event system and is omitted]