Thanks for passing this on! Your request on https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4412 makes the issue clear. Let's hope they'll fix it soon.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313748 Title: cups-browsed does not pick up default printer Status in CUPS - Common Unix Printing System: New Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “cups-filters” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If the printer server defines one of its printer queues as default (<DefaultPrinter ...> tag in printers.conf), cups-browsed ignores this. The printers.conf entries generated by cups-bowsed all have <Printer ...> tags. This is a problem when the server defines a lot of queues and standard users do not know how to set the default printer themselves. Admins need a way to set the default for them. Related bug (but slightly different issue): #1146407 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: cups-browsed 1.0.40-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/cups/error_log' CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied Date: Mon Apr 28 16:02:36 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-15 (44 days ago) InstallationMedia: Edubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Bochs Bochs MarkForUpload: True Papersize: a4 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic root=UUID=7df78838-bfc3-415a-9bc6-95e79f412d38 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups-filters UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Bochs dmi.bios.version: Bochs dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Bochs dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnBochs:bvrBochs:bd01/01/2011:svnBochs:pnBochs:pvr:cvnBochs:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: Bochs dmi.sys.vendor: Bochs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cups/+bug/1313748/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
