if I print using "Print..." in the file menu, no text is printed. If I print using "Print direct", all works.
Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong? Also, the dots in "Print..." are confusing because no print dialog appears.
This is unusual, and certainly not the case with CVS. The generated PS is okay in ggv, as well as printing it.
It might be possible there are issues with the RPM you got from the repository, and I ask you to wait a bit and try our upcoming static 0.42.2 RPMs.
(inkscape:18963): GnomePrintCupsPlugin-WARNING **: iconv does not support ppd character encoding: ISOLatin1, trying CSISOLatin1
But: Same warnings appears with glabels, and here it works. Also, and additional empty page is printed in inkscape.
Here, it would be interesting to get hold of the generated PS beforehand. But since you don't see the print dialog, you can't catch that I guess...
Thanks for the report, ralf P.S. Please use the bug tracker next time, else it will be forgotten