Hello Floid,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with the
system-config-printer package. You made this bug report in 2008 and Ubuntu and
the system-config-printer package have been updated since then.
Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the
ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to
this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run
the following (only once):
apport-collect 283895
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this
particular issue.
Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and the system-config-printer package
better.
G
[Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager]
** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283895
Title:
system-config-printer needs awareness of ~/.cups/lpoptions (as of
8.04)
Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Binary package hint: system-config-printer
As of the version shipped with Ubuntu 8.04, system-config-printer
(System->Administration->Printing) does not check for, and is not
aware of, "personal" ~/.cups/lpoptions files. With system-config-
printer oblivious, the UI does not accurately reflect reality.
Specifically: A user may have created a ~/.cups/lpoptions file by
using lpoptions -d or other mechanisms. As system-config-printer
exists today, the personal lpoptions file will silently override any
settings, such as default printer, made in the system-config-printer
GUI.
If ~/.cups/lpoptions exists, looking at both system-config-printer and
the global CUPS configuration (localhost:631) will show the global
setting with no hint that the current user has overridden the setting.
Suggested resolution: In the short term, add a test for
~/.cups/lpoptions, and if it exists show a warning such as "The file
~/.cups/lpoptions exists and may override any settings shown or made
here." Possibly with "Show contents" and "Remove this file?" options.
In the long term, there seems to be some demand for both global and
local options in the GUI per bug 127071. That would require the GUI
to be much smarter about local lpoptions, where exactly the settings
are being stored, and which ones are effective/being shown at a
particular time.
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