QT printing issue in Edubuntu

[David Trask]

Sorry for the repost....trying to keep this from getting buried in "RE's"

Ok....that didn't work, but I have eliminated some stuff.  First of all,
it works fine on my stock Ubuntu Feisty installation on the laptop I use
for travelling (the old Dell I brought to UDS with me).  So...I tried some
things on my school Edubuntu (workstations)....nothing worked.  I decided
to do a clean workstation install....just the workstation install and then
an apt-get upgrade....then without adding any additional software I
installed the FirstClass client....and again....nothing.  So....it seems
to be an Edubuntu specific issue.  The issue is that anything that uses
the QT internal method for printing....I tried both the FC client and
another program called QTodo (qtodo...a small QT todo program...you can
apt-get it from Debian repos)  I'd be happy to try a few other QT based
programs if anyone has suggestions for ones I might try.  The problem is
that when I go to print....none of the installed printers are available to
the program.  There is nothing in the printer window.  I AM able to print
to a file (.ps), but there are no printers....yet there are printers
installed in the system as every other application (that I've tried) like
OpenOffice...etc. works fine.  I tried running strace to see if anything
popped out at me, but I couldn't make sense out of most of it.  I even
tried comparing "straces" from both the Edubuntu machines and my "working"
laptop.  Although it's not urgent....it's very annoying and I could really
use some help.  :-)  Suggestions on what to try?  Data I can collect for
you?  Ideas?

The backstory...
>
>Ok....here's my issue.  I have an email client (FirstClass) *Canadian
>company, Scotty B*  that uses the qt internal printing methods.  I tried
>another qt application called "qtodo" and it too has the same issue...so I
>know it's an issue with qt and printing from qt apps.  What happens is
>this....I click "Print" via the icon in the app or the pull-down menu
>(File>Print) and it pops up the printing dialog, but there are no printers
>listed in the window.  There are printers installed as they work fine in
>every other application.  My guess is that something is strange with the
>edubuntu/ubuntu setup that isn't propagating the printer settings in a way
>that qt understands.  I may be missing a dependency or something....anyone
>got any ideas?  I need to get this working for school.  Thx.  :-)

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100