Hello World,

I am running under Debian with Crossover 22.0.0. I have set up multiple bottles (WinXP and Win7) but I can not see my Debian CUPS-PDF printer in any of them. And try as I may, I couldn't find a single Windows virtual PDF printer I could get installed inside a bottle either.

So I need to find out how to hook my bottles up with my host system's PDF printer. And if possible a quick'n ez way, please. ;)

cups printers only work on linux, if you need to print something from windows app and it doesn't have linux version try using virtualization of windows instead

Thats Kind of STUPID. Can you Bother to allow printing
LPT ports?

Do you have libcups2:i386 (or the Debian equivalent) installed? I think I read something about i in another forum.

I.B. wrote:

Hello World,

I am running under Debian with Crossover 22.0.0. I have set up multiple bottles (WinXP and Win7) but I can not see my Debian CUPS-PDF printer in any of them. And try as I may, I couldn't find a single Windows virtual PDF printer I could get installed inside a bottle either.

So I need to find out how to hook my bottles up with my host system's PDF printer. And if possible a quick'n ez way, please. ;)

Good evening I.B.

I tried to reproduce your issue using CrossOver 25.0.1, installed on Debian 12 as per Installation of cxoffice - Virtual Machine & Debian/KDE | Request for Comments.

In addition to the described steps I installed the printer-driver-cups-pdf

sudo apt-get install printer-driver-cups-pdf

In CrossOver, I created a new Windows 7 64-bit bottle by installing Notepad++ from the CrossOver "Install Application into Bottle" list (v8.7.8, 64-bit).

Notepad++ finds a Printer PDF, Type PDF, Where CUPS:PDF.
Using that printer to print the Notepad++ changelog results in a PDF in $HOME/PDF.
Based on this simple test, CrossOver supports printing to CUPS:PDF.

When you run this simplistic test as described, can you reproduce my result?

Ah, the printer-driver-cups-pdf was the package I was missing.

How can I add that printer driver to an already existing bottle now?

Sorry, still no luck. And I am running under Debian v9 (no option to upgrade).

I.B. wrote:

Sorry, still no luck. And I am running under Debian v9 (no option to upgrade).

Good morning I.B.

I ran another test, this time with Debian Stretch 9.13.0 ( debian-live-9.13.0-amd64-kde.iso )

Procedure as follows ( verbose so that any difference in behaviour and messages might help with finding the cause of the problem ) :

1. Install Debian into VirtualMachine

2. Install GuestAdditions

3. Update Debian /etc/apt/sources.list to point to archived Debian 9 repositories

4. sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

5. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

6. sudo apt install ./crossover_22.0.0-1.deb

7. Start of CrossOver for the first time

   Observation that the Install a Windows Application shows no Popular Applications and a search for a known program like ltspice or notepad++ gives no result

   System Information reports

   CrossOver 22.0.0
   Install location: /opt/cxoffice
   64-bit OS
   Desktop session: /usr/share/xsessions/plasma
   Window manager: KWin
   Locale: en_IE.UTF-8
   
   Contents of /etc/os-release:
   PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
   NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
   VERSION_ID="9"
   VERSION="9 (stretch)"
   VERSION_CODENAME=stretch
   ID=debian
   HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
   SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
   BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
   
   cxdiag output:
   
   cxdiag err:
   FileNotFoundError(2, "No such file or directory: '/opt/cxoffice/bin/cxdiag'")
   cxdiag returned -1
   
   cxdiag64 output:
   [MissingLibCapi20.amd64]
   "Lib"="libcapi20.so.3"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libcapi20.so.3 library"
   
   [MissingLibOdbc.amd64]
   "Lib"="libodbc.so.2"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libodbc.so.2 library"
   
   [MissingLibOpenal.amd64]
   "Lib"="libopenal.so.1"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libopenal.so.1 library"
   
   [MissingLibOpencl.amd64]
   "Lib"="libOpenCL.so.1"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libOpenCL.so.1 library"
   
   [MissingLibOsmesa82.amd64]
   "Lib"="libOSMesa.so.8"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libOSMesa.so.8 library"
   
   [MissingLibSane.amd64]
   "Lib"="libsane.so.1"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libsane.so.1 library"
   
   [MissingLibUnwind2.amd64]
   "Lib"="libunwind.so.8"
   "Title"="Missing 64-bit libunwind.so.8 library"
   
   [MissingLibVulkan.amd64]
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   [MissingGStreamer1Ugly.amd64]
   "Title"="The gst-plugins-ugly 64-bit GStreamer plugins appear to be missing asfdemux"
   
   [MissingGStreamer1Mpg123audiodec.amd64]
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   The usual suspects for broken/missing libaries, but also in addition a FileNotFoundError.

8. Creating a win10_64 bottle New_Bottle

   The creation of the bottle fails, a Could not create bottle popup reports

   wine: could not load ntdll.so: /opt/cxoffice/lib/wine/ntdll.so: cannot
   open shared object file: No such file or directory
   setup:error: 'rundll32 win10Install crossover.inf' failed
   cxbottle:error: unable to create the 'New_Bottle' bottle in '/home/
   vbox/.cxoffice/New_Bottle'
   
   (cxupdatecheck:4375): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error:
   gtk.css:68:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is
   deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
   future version
   
   (cxupdatecheck:4375): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error:
   gtk.css:69:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is
   deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
   future version
   
   (cxupdatecheck:4375): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error:
   gtk.css:73:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-
   bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be
   removed in a future version
   Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is
   discouraged.

9. Remove the New_Bottle and close CrossOver

10. Run /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxfix

11. Start CrossOver again and create a new win10_64 bottle named PrinterTest

    This works now, the bottle is created without issues

12. Run notepad in the PrinterTest bottle by using Run Command and notepad as the command

    This starts up the notepad without issues

13. In notepad, use File->Print

    A popup message states

    Before you can perform printer-related tasks such as
    page setup or printing a document, you need to install
    a printer. Please install one and retry.

    This proves that the bottle cannot see any printer yet.

14. Close notepad and CrossOver

15. Install the CUPS:PDF printer: sudo apt-get install printer-driver-cups-pdf

16. Start up CrossOver again

17. Run notepad in the PrinterTest bottle as before and use File->Print again

    This works now, the notepad in the PrinterTest bottle can see the PDF printer and print to it. Which proves that the bottle should gain access to the CUPS:PDF printer automatically, once that is installed in Debian.

I assume that you ran /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxfix?

When you create a new bottle and run notepad as I described, is notepad able to see the CUPS:PDF printer? Or is that failing, too?
If notepad in a new bottle can find the printer, but notepad in an existing bottle cannot, then the issue might be with the existing bottle...

Hi Renzo de Paoli,

I just wanted to say you done some great work on that tutorial!( Not that i have tried it, but it looks good :) )

Thx for all the hard work, but this fish just won't fly:

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt install ./crossover_22.0.0-1.deb

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'crossover:amd64' instead of './crossover_22.0.0-1.deb'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bcompare : Depends: libqtgui4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtwebkit4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt4-opengl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gvfs-fuse but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gvfs-backends
crossover:amd64 : Depends: perl:amd64 but it is not going to be installed
monodoc-http : Depends: mono-xsp4 but it is not going to be installed or
mono-apache-server4 but it is not going to be installed or
mono-fastcgi-server4 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: lynx or
www-browser
winbind : Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u2) but it is not going to be installed
xmind : Depends: default-jre (>= 1:1.5-0) but it is not going to be installed or
java5-runtime or
java6-runtime or
java7-runtime
Depends: libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

apt --fix-broken install

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Just to be sure:

uname -m

i686

cat /etc/debian_version

9.13

I.B. wrote:

Just to be sure:

uname -m

i686

cat /etc/debian_version

9.13

Hello I.B.

I see, you are using the 32-bit version of Debian.

Here is what I see for the debian-live-9.13.0-i386-kde.iso installation into a VM (same steps as for the 64-bit version, only different ISO).

    uname -m
    i686
    cat  /etc/debian_version 
    9.13

A simulated installation of CrossOver gives this report (adding an i386 as foreign-architecture or not makes no difference):

    sudo apt install --simulate ./crossover_22.0.0-1.deb
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Note, selecting 'crossover:amd64' instead of './crossover_22.0.0-1.deb'
    Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
    requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
    distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
    or been moved out of Incoming.
    The following information may help to resolve the situation:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
     crossover:amd64 : Depends: libc6:amd64 (>= 2.23) but it is not installable
                       Depends: perl:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: python3:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: python3-gi:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: python3-dbus:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: python3-gi-cairo:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: gir1.2-gtk-3.0:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0:amd64 but it is not installable
                       Depends: gir1.2-vte-2.91:amd64 but it is not installable
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Similar to your setup there are unresolvable dependencies.
However, what is surprising is that the reported issues are very different.

Question about your choice of OS:
Do you use 32-bit Debian, because you have a 32-bit machine, or do you have a 64-bit machine and you have another reason of using the 32-bit OS?

Actually I don't have unresolved dependencies, because I didn't use the *.deb package but the more flexible installation script. That one finished w/o errors and CrossOver runs generally fine - except for the printer issue and no "recipes" showing. I can't switch to 64-bit or upgrade the OS, because I'm using a tablet that offers no other Linux distro to be run on it.

What does the following command return:

uname -a

I.B. wrote:

Actually I don't have unresolved dependencies, because I didn't use the *.deb package but the more flexible installation script. That one finished w/o errors and CrossOver runs generally fine - except for the printer issue and no "recipes" showing. I can't switch to 64-bit or upgrade the OS, because I'm using a tablet that offers no other Linux distro to be run on it.

I.B. wrote:

Actually I don't have unresolved dependencies, because I didn't use the *.deb package but the more flexible installation script. That one finished w/o errors and CrossOver runs generally fine - except for the printer issue and no "recipes" showing. I can't switch to 64-bit or upgrade the OS, because I'm using a tablet that offers no other Linux distro to be run on it.

Good morning I.B.

I ran a test with the Generic Shell Installer.
Same plain 32-bit Debian 9.13.0 as before:

uname --all
Linux vbox 4.9.0-19-686 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.320-2 (2022-06-30) i686 GNU/Linux

1. Install of CrossOver Generic Shell Installer 22.0.0

   chmod +x install-crossover-22.0.0.bin
   ./install-crossover-22.0.0.bin

   License Grant popup, then Destination folder

   /home/vbox/cxoffice

   and then the installation, which gives a number of messages:

   install
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   cxassoc:warning: unable to find 'update-desktop-database' in '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin'
   cxassoc:warning: unable to find 'update-desktop-database' in '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 168, in require_foreign
       _gi.require_foreign(namespace, symbol)
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   
   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
   
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/checkgtk.py", line 44, in has_api
       gi.require_foreign(name)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 170, in require_foreign
       raise ImportError(str(e))
   ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi_cairo'
   Linux Package Installation
   CrossOver needs to install several Linux Packages in order to run Windows applications.
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:68:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:69:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:73:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
   Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

2. Installation of additional Linux Packages

   At the end of the installation, a pop-up states

   CrossOver needs to install several Linux Packages in order to run Windows applications.
   Proceed with the installation?

   This proceeds with the following output:

   CrossOver needs your permission to install missing packages.
   This operation must be run as root:
   
      sh -c "apt-get update; echo -n Waiting for the dpkg lock; while fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/run/unattended-upgrades.lock >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo -n .; sleep 1; done; DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; export DEBIAN_FRONTEND; apt-get install -y gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-vte-2.91 python3-gi-cairo"
   
   Trying with pkexec...
   Ign:1 http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
   Hit:2 http://archive.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease
   Hit:3 http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch Release
   Reading package lists... Done                      
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree       
   Reading state information... Done
   gir1.2-gtk-3.0 is already the newest version (3.22.11-1).
   gir1.2-gtk-3.0 set to manually installed.
   The following NEW packages will be installed:
     gir1.2-vte-2.91 python3-gi-cairo
   0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   Need to get 830 kB of archives.
   After this operation, 882 kB of additional disk space will be used.
   Get:1 http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch/main i386 gir1.2-vte-2.91 i386 0.46.1-1 [502 kB]
   Get:2 http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch/main i386 python3-gi-cairo i386 3.22.0-2 [329 kB]
   Fetched 830 kB in 0s (1,388 kB/s)         
   Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-vte-2.91:i386.
   (Reading database ... 245422 files and directories currently installed.)
   Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-vte-2.91_0.46.1-1_i386.deb ...
   Unpacking gir1.2-vte-2.91:i386 (0.46.1-1) ...
   Selecting previously unselected package python3-gi-cairo.
   Preparing to unpack .../python3-gi-cairo_3.22.0-2_i386.deb ...
   Unpacking python3-gi-cairo (3.22.0-2) ...
   Setting up gir1.2-vte-2.91:i386 (0.46.1-1) ...
   Setting up python3-gi-cairo (3.22.0-2) ...
   Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u4) ...
   Finished. Press Return to continue.

3. First start of CrossOver

   After installation of the Linux packages, CrossOver starts up, and the terminal reports these messages

   org.kde.kurifilter-ikws: Keywords Engine: Loading config...
   org.kde.kurifilter-ikws: Web Shortcuts Enabled:  true
   org.kde.kurifilter-ikws: Default Shortcut:  ""
   org.kde.kurifilter-ikws: Keyword Delimiter:  :
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   /home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py:106: Warning: g_object_is_floating: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
     self.profile_list_store.splice(0, 0, list(self.package_view_items.values()))
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   /home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py:106: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
     self.profile_list_store.splice(0, 0, list(self.package_view_items.values()))
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   /home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py:106: Warning: g_object_is_floating: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
     self.profile_list_store.splice(0, 0, list(self.package_view_items.values()))
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   /home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py:106: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
     self.profile_list_store.splice(0, 0, list(self.package_view_items.values()))
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 259, in create_package_view_item
       widget = item.get_widget()
   AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'get_widget'
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   
   (crossover:1512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_flow_box_insert: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 256, in load_icon
       item.load_icon(self.icon_utils.get_icon_path(appid))
     File "/home/vbox/cxoffice/lib/python/packageview.py", line 363, in load_icon
       self.icon.set_from_pixbuf(icon)
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_from_pixbuf'

4. Creating a new win7_32 Bottle PrinterTest

   On creation, Crossover asks for more Linux Packages to be installed

   CrossOver needs to install several Linux Packages in order to run Windows applications.
   Proceed with the installation?

   On confirmation, the bottle is created

5. Closing CrossOver and fixing dependencies

   $HOME/cxoffice/bin/cxfix --auto

6. Diagnostic for missing/broken libraries

   $HOME/cxoffice/bin/cxdiag

   Result:

   [MissingLibCapi20]
   "Lib"="libcapi20.so.3"
   "Title"="Missing 32-bit libcapi20.so.3 library"
   
   [MissingLibOdbc]
   "Lib"="libodbc.so.2"
   "Title"="Missing 32-bit libodbc.so.2 library"
   
   [MissingLibOpenal]
   "Lib"="libopenal.so.1"
   "Title"="Missing 32-bit libopenal.so.1 library"
   
   [MissingLibOpencl]
   "Lib"="libOpenCL.so.1"
   "Title"="Missing 32-bit libOpenCL.so.1 library"
   
   [MissingLibOsmesa82]
   "Lib"="libOSMesa.so.8"
   "Title"="Missing 32-bit libOSMesa.so.8 library"
   
   [Properties]
   "vulkan.present"="yes"
   
   [MissingGStreamer1Bad2]
   "Title"="The gst-plugins-bad 32-bit GStreamer plugins appear to be missing h264parse"
   
   [MissingGStreamer1Libav]
   "Title"="The gst-libav 32-bit GStreamer plugins appear to be missing avdec_eac3"
   
   [Properties]
   "display.depth"="24"
   
   [Properties]
   "display.dpi"="-1.0"
   
   [Properties]
   "opengl.vendor"="VMware, Inc."
   
   [Properties]
   "opengl.version"="3.0 Mesa 13.0.6"
   
   [Properties]
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7. Run notepad and check printer

   Select PrinterTest bottle and Run Command -> notepad.
   At this point, notepad cannot find a printer.

8. Install cups-pdf

   sudo apt-get install cups-pdf

9. Re-run notepad and check printer

   Run notepad in PrinterTest, as before.
   It detects the CUPS:PDF printer and can print to it.

Conclusion:
notepad should be able to find CUPS:PDF as well as print to it.

Follow-up questions:

• Does CrossOver's cxfix --auto (as mentioned above) change anything?
• Does CrossOver's cxdiag (as mentioned above) report any difference?
• When you create a new win7_32 bottle, does notepad in that new bottle recognise the CUPS:PDF?

Sometimes I feel like such a freaking a*hole that I have a strong suspicion I should be spayed, neutered and be permanently removed from the gene pool. :O

I wasted three days of my life on this cr@!p - only to find out that the problem was as easily fixed as allowing
Share printers connected to this system
         Allow printing from the Internet

In the CUPS admin workbench.

Jeez Louis! Wine (and in extension CrossOVer) uses TCP/IP to access the CUPS printers. Even when running on the same machine. And for security reasons those two options where not active on my Debian distro.
As soon as I switched them on e-v-e-r-y printer gizmo came online. I mean, heck I can even bluetooth print now.

Three days, because I didn't think of activating network printing for printing out locally(!)

Thanks to von Neumann that we don't get shot for that anymore. ;)

I.B. wrote:

Sometimes I feel like such a freaking a*hole that I have a strong suspicion I should be spayed, neutered and permanently be removed from the gene pool. :O

I wasted three days of my life on this cr@!p - only to find out that the problems was as easily fixed as allowing
Share printers connected to this system
         Allow printing from the Internet

In the CUP admin workbench.

Jeez Louis! Wine (and in extension CrossOVer) uses TCP/IP to access the CUPS printers. Even when running on the same machine. And for security reasons those two options where not active on my Debian distro.
As soon as I switched them on e-v-e-r-y printer gizmo came online. I mean, heck I can even bluetooth print now.

Three days, because I didn't think of activating networking printing for printing out locally(!)

Thank von Neumann we don't get shot for that anymore. ;)

Thanks I.B. for sharing that info, good to know.