[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
If you update to cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu3 the backends snmp, scsi, and serial get automatically updated, but only on this update. If you deactivate them afterwards they will stay deactivated on further updates of cupsys. ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
You can configure the choice of CUPS backends to be used with sudo dpkg-reconfigure cupsys Note that package updating keeps the current configuration, so you need to activate the backends manually, even if you update the cupsys package. -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
Binary packages for immediate testing your find in the binary/ subdirectories of the two URLs. -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
Corrected URLs: CUPS: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/cupsys/ gnome-cups-manager: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/gnome-cups-manager/ -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
I have reactivated the SNMP backend in CUPS now. In the web interface you will also see auto-detected network printers. Test packages: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feistycupsys/ To see the auto-detected network printers in the gnome-cups-manager as small change was required. Test it with the fixed version: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/gnome-cups- manager/ ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
I have improved the text of this menu entry now. Packages for testing are here: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/gnome-cups- manager/ ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
If we can simplify the life of the casual user, I cannot see why not to do it -- mostly if it is a question of activating an existing option. Nevertheless, the wording should still change to something like "HP Jet Direct/Raw device". Just saying "HP Jet Direct" confuses the hell out of someone that got a Brother, Epson, or other printer/interface that runs on raw mode. -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
This is solved by both CUPS 1.2 (with its SNMP backend which scans for network printers) and by printerdrake, the planned replacement of the gnome-cups-manager (providing a GUI frontend for the SNMP backend). Problem of Ubuntu here is that the SNMP backend is deactivated by default (by putting it into /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/). My suggestion is to make it active for Feisty. The scan takes only 3-4 sec and is very useful, especially for unexperienced users. ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Also affects: cupsys (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 80798] Re: Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-cups-manager -- Confinguration of Network-based printer unclear https://launchpad.net/bugs/80798 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
