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Description of problem:
pxdvi's print function does not work:
  /usr/bin/xdviprint: line 38: /tmp/xdviprint.3931.dvi: Permission denied
  lpr: unable to print file: client-error-bad-request

The problem is in the script /usr/bin/xdviprint.  The variable
DVIPSCMD is not initialized, but is used as the command to be invoked.
 In fact, the script has 3 commands to set this, each commented out.

Here is a diff of a work around.  I think that the true fix involves
some upstream configuration script:
--- /usr/bin/xdviprint.ORIGINAL 2004-03-25 11:05:05.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/bin/xdviprint  2004-09-06 14:09:31.241743856 -0400
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 ###### DVI -> PS
 ######
 ## for dvips
-# FILTOPTTBL=${XDVIFILTOPTTBL:-/usr/share/texmf/pxdvi/xdvipaper.dvips}
-# DVIPSCMD="dvips -f -t"
+FILTOPTTBL=${XDVIFILTOPTTBL:-/usr/share/texmf/pxdvi/xdvipaper.dvips}
+DVIPSCMD="dvips -R -f -t"
 ####
 ## for dvi2ps
 # FILTOPTTBL=${XDVIFILTOPTTBL:-/usr/share/texmf/pxdvi/xdvipaper.dvi2ps-j}



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tetex-dvips-2.0.2-13

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. find some .dvi file to print (for example, octave package contains one)
2. run pxdvi: pxdvi dvifile
3. select "print", "current page"
    

Actual Results:  stderr gets error messages; no printout
 /usr/bin/xdviprint: line 38: /tmp/xdviprint.3931.dvi: Permission denied
  lpr: unable to print file: client-error-bad-request


Expected Results:  printout of DVI page

Additional info:

our tentative change to /usr/bin/xdviprint seems to be part of the
patch mentioned in bug 101954.