[moneydance] Should I be root or user to install preview version 609?

[Robby Workman]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>> On Saturday 21 June 2008, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>> The newly installed Moneydance 609 did not print at all.
>>> I print with CUPS which normally works fine.
>>>
>>> Java Version: 1.6.0_06
>>> Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
>>>
>>> I sure wish this would get fixed.
>> I'm printing OK with CUPS so here are the details:
>>
>>
>> Kubuntu  8.04
>> MD  609
>> JRE = that which I downloaded with MD which has a date on the JRE directory of  
>> 1-21-07   (inidcates it is from 1.6 but I can't find a specific version ID)
>> the date of 'java' and the 'java_vm'  within the JRE directory is 11-29-06
>>
>> I've never had much luck using the supplied jre that comes with MD but this 
>> last one works.  I used to use  Blackdown 1.4 to print with but it is no 
>> longer supplied with 8.04.
> 
> 
> Hello Bruce and thanks for your information.
> 
> The first time I installed MD today was _without_ the built-in Java.
> 
> The dates of the files in the /usr/local/moneydance/jre/bin were all 
> 12/15/06.
> 
> To load the version of MD _with_ built-in Java I first copied the
> /usr/local/moneydance directory to /usr/local/moneydance.old to preserve it.
> 
> The dates of the new jre/bin files were all 2/22/08 but it doesn't print 
> either.
> 
> I wonder if there is something different in out configurations.
> 
> The version of java I use in the machine (not the one for MD) is:
> 
> java -version
> java version "1.6.0_06"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-b02)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 10.0-b22, mixed mode)
> 
> In the new MD 609, help -> about reports:
> Java Version: 1.6.0_06
> Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
>     but no build number.
> 
> I tried running java the executable in the /usr/local/moneydance/jre/java
> but it just gives an error message
> Error: no `server' JVM at 
> `/usr/local/moneydance/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so'.
> 
> How about your printing preferences?
> 
> I have Printing method java2 and Font sans serif 10 point.
> Do you have the same?
> 
> Unfortunately Sean has reported that he does not have a Linux machine so 
> cannot test printing.  There are many who have problems and a very few 
> that are printing merrily along.  I used to print ok a few years ago 
> with Sun Java but not since then.
> 
> Do you think it could be something about our cups?
> My printer is a HP LaserJet 4100.


Try installing the jre-6u10-beta build from the Java website; it's
supposed to fix the printing issues.  If you can't find it there,
we've got it on the Slackware mirrors:
http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-current/source/l/jre/

-RW