debian l3afpad fails to print/PDF with possible fix below [Solved]

[ghunter]

EDIT

QSI post 3...prev command was not true QSI

our version of l3afpad comes from Debian

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apt info l3afpad  SNIP
APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages

its a gtk3 text editor and abiword also gtk3 prints paper and also prints to a PDF .
When I try to print paper with l3afpad....you choose the printer....and click on print -> which for me immediately kills my GUI app
Ditto if I try to print to PDF.
No errors seen in cups logs.....I suspect because it never gets there?

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Possible fix
I recompiled on MX 23 from https://github.com/stevenhoneyman/l3afpad

below are the differences....with no explanation of why my compile prints and the debian variant does not

debian

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readelf -d /usr/bin/l3afpad 

Dynamic section at offset 0x182c8 contains 33 entries:
  Tag        Type                         Name/Value
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libgtk-3.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libpangocairo-1.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libpango-1.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libcairo.so.2]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libgobject-2.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libglib-2.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so.6]
 0x000000000000000c (INIT)               0x8000
 0x000000000000000d (FINI)               0x13d44
 0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY)         0x18ab0
 0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ)       8 (bytes)
 0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY)         0x18ab8
 0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ)       8 (bytes)
 0x000000006ffffef5 (GNU_HASH)           0x3a0
 0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB)             0x24c8
 0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB)             0x3e0
 0x000000000000000a (STRSZ)              8200 (bytes)
 0x000000000000000b (SYMENT)             24 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000015 (DEBUG)              0x0
 0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT)             0x19518
 0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ)           8136 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL)             RELA
 0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL)             0x5d58
 0x0000000000000007 (RELA)               0x47e0
 0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ)             5496 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT)            24 (bytes)
 0x000000000000001e (FLAGS)              BIND_NOW
 0x000000006ffffffb (FLAGS_1)            Flags: NOW PIE
 0x000000006ffffffe (VERNEED)            0x4790
 0x000000006fffffff (VERNEEDNUM)         1
 0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM)             0x44d0
 0x000000006ffffff9 (RELACOUNT)          221
 0x0000000000000000 (NULL)               0x0

fresh compile sitting in /tmp to be re-injected after I post this

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readelf -d /tmp/l3afpad 

Dynamic section at offset 0x17d68 contains 32 entries:
  Tag        Type                         Name/Value
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libgtk-3.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libpangocairo-1.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libpango-1.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libcairo.so.2]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libgobject-2.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libglib-2.0.so.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so.6]
 0x000000000000000c (INIT)               0x8000
 0x000000000000000d (FINI)               0x1361c
 0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY)         0x18550
 0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ)       8 (bytes)
 0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY)         0x18558
 0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ)       8 (bytes)
 0x000000006ffffef5 (GNU_HASH)           0x3a0
 0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB)             0x24b0
 0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB)             0x3e0
 0x000000000000000a (STRSZ)              8155 (bytes)
 0x000000000000000b (SYMENT)             24 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000015 (DEBUG)              0x0
 0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT)             0x18fe8
 0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ)           8112 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL)             RELA
 0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL)             0x5cf0
 0x0000000000000007 (RELA)               0x4778
 0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ)             5496 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT)            24 (bytes)
 0x000000006ffffffb (FLAGS_1)            Flags: PIE
 0x000000006ffffffe (VERNEED)            0x4748
 0x000000006fffffff (VERNEEDNUM)         1
 0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM)             0x448c
 0x000000006ffffff9 (RELACOUNT)          221
 0x0000000000000000 (NULL)               0x0

Let me know if you need more info.

I accept that now that I have installed abiword.....I should not be so fussy
but others might find the same defect?

Thanks for reading

slight variantion from source on how I compiled

./autogen.sh
autoupdate # missing from source howto
./configure --prefix=/usr
make -j6 # or whatever you feel ok for your cores
sudo make install # not stripped

[Eadwine Rose]

Next time, share the ACTUAL QSI, not a similar command, thanks.

[ghunter]

my apols I deleted something a long time ago and thought I had lost it....found in in menu

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System:
  Kernel: 6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.15-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
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    root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet
  Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64 Libretto
    October 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
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CPU:
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  Speed (MHz): avg: 1761 high: 2994 min/max: 1400/4465 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2994 2: 1400 3: 2394 4: 1700 5: 1879 6: 2365
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  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
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Graphics:
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Audio:
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Network:
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Repos:
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[AVLinux]

Hi, obviously we all have our preferences but why leafpad over Mousepad which is also lightweight and GTK3 and native to XFCE4?

[ghunter]

I do not prefer XFCE but IceWM and ice preferred to Fluxbox
I have deleted as much xfce packages as possible so I get no hits for (and ditto exo)

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dpkg -l | grep libxfce*

BTW I have no problem with my request being denied......I have already commented that I now have abiword so it can do its job....as I am not going to uninstall that deb pkg

why leafpad over Mousepad

I am not sure if you meant leafpad.....gtk2 or l3afpad gtk3.....it makes no diff to my above comments.......except Debian no longer has leafpad in the repo

cheers

[ghunter]

However, now that AVLinux has questioned my motives.....I will take it that the MX team see no merit in having a MX pkg in AHS or the like.

So I will attempt to send an email to the debian maintainer to see if he has time to verify my printing fail claim or not.

I won't post his email address here but its visible by the nala show <pkg> or apt info <pkg> command

[AVLinux]

However, now that AVLinux has questioned my motives.....I will take it that the MX team see no merit in having a MX pkg in AHS or the like.

So I will attempt to send an email to the debian maintainer to see if he has time to verify my printing fail claim or not.

I won't post his email address here but its visible by the nala show <pkg> or apt info <pkg> command

I wasn't questioning your motives at all, you should use whatever you prefer. When you mentioned GTK3 it made me wonder if Mousepad was an option, that is all. I have no influence over what the MX Packaging team does so your original question about the difference between the package and your compiled version is still a good question.