As we have narrowed down the instances of when CUPS is and is not running, I've asked one of our devs to take a look at the issue when he has time as I suspect it not to be a 'printing' problem, but an installer problem.
Regards, Phill. On 30 April 2013 21:25, Finog <fi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ran "system-config-printer 1.3.12" on fresh install of Lubuntu 13.04 > amd64. > > system-config-printer dialog says "Printing service not available. Start > the service on this computer or connect to another server." > > Pressing connect brings up a dialog box saying "CUPS server: > <localhost>". Pressing connect here yields no joy. > > Running "sudo start cups" fixes the problem and clicking Connect gives > joy. Afterwards, opening system-config-printer does not show the problem > message any more. > > Expected that CUPS would either be running already OR that the dialog > box would suggest a method for starting it. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133794 > > Title: > Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04 > > Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > 1) Raring daily Lubuntu 13.04 i386 > 2) system-config-printer 1.3.11 > 3) I expected the printer to be detected without a cups error. The > printer was not detected. > 4) > 1) When selecting Printer from the System Tools menu the > Printers-localhost dialog box appears with the following message. > 'Printing service not available. Start the service on this computer or > connect to another server.' > 2) After clicking the connect button once the 'Connect to CUPS server' > box appears. > 3) After clicking the connect button on this message box the Cups > server error box appears with the following dialog. > There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'failed to connect to > server'. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 > Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.11+20120807-0ubuntu13 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 > Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic i686 > ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 > Architecture: i386 > CasperVersion: 1.330 > CurrentDmesg: > > Date: Wed Feb 27 01:04:06 2013 > ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py > InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 > LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130226) > Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: > Transport endpoint is not connected > MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. > MarkForUpload: True > PackageArchitecture: all > Papersize: a4 > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed > boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern > SourcePackage: system-config-printer > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2005 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 1024.001 > dmi.board.name: P4C800-E > dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. > dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture > dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1024.001:bd08/04/2005:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnP4C800-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: > dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794/+subscriptions > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133794 Title: Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04 Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 1) Raring daily Lubuntu 13.04 i386 2) system-config-printer 1.3.11 3) I expected the printer to be detected without a cups error. The printer was not detected. 4) 1) When selecting Printer from the System Tools menu the Printers-localhost dialog box appears with the following message. 'Printing service not available. Start the service on this computer or connect to another server.' 2) After clicking the connect button once the 'Connect to CUPS server' box appears. 3) After clicking the connect button on this message box the Cups server error box appears with the following dialog. There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'failed to connect to server'. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.11+20120807-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.330 CurrentDmesg: Date: Wed Feb 27 01:04:06 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130226) Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Transport endpoint is not connected MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all Papersize: a4 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern SourcePackage: system-config-printer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1024.001 dmi.board.name: P4C800-E dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1024.001:bd08/04/2005:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnP4C800-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. 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