[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
Your workaround doesn't work for me unfortunately. I've reproduced this same issue on Gnome, now that I've switched away from Kubuntu, so I added gnome-print. Again, the steps: 1. Add printer via gnome-printer 2. Print happily 3. Reboot 4. Printing doesn't work (jobs just hang as "processing") 5. Curse. 6. Delete and re-add printer via gnome-printer 7. Goto 2. ** Also affects: gnome-print Importance: Undecided Status: New -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
Excellent sleuthing and thanks for the workaround. -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
I believe the problem has to do with file permissions. It seems like you can set the configuration as an ordinary user and have it persist even through logout and re-login, but rebooting the machine destroys the saved configuration. For the moment I've "fixed" the problem by using kmenuedit to require root permissions for the "Printer Configuration" app. That approach created configuration files that persisted through rebooting. In addition a small announcement box flashes up on the screen when you first save as an ordinary user, but it appears for only an instant so I can't tell what it says. I'm guessing it's reporting an error. I also get errors like these upon launch in .xsession-errors: kcmshell(3619) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "findServiceByDesktopPath: kcm-scpk.desktop not found" (kcm-scpk is the Python script that executes when you run Printer Configuration.) I've only recently come to Ubuntu from RedHat/Fedora and was surprised not to be required to have root privileges when configuring printers. As an ordinary user I should only be able to write to $HOME and /tmp. I don't see any new files in those places when I run the Printer Configuration utility under my ordinary username. I'm going to file a bug under system-config-printer-kde since I think the problem concerns how the KDE application works that may not occur with GNOME Ubuntu. -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
I suspect it is system-config-printer at fault, as that corresponds with about the time that I first saw the issue. ** Also affects: wyocode Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Project changed: wyocode => cups ** Also affects: system-config-printer Importance: Undecided Status: New -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
I have a similar problem. I configure a printer using the "printer configuration" tool in the KDE Control Module. (This is an unbearably slow procedure, by the way, though I doubt that's related to the bug here.) I can then print, but if I shutdown or reboot, the configured printer disappears from the list, and I'm forced to configure it again. Kubuntu 9.04 I noticed that there was a substantial update of the CUPS software on 4/28. Also on 4/23, I see an update to this package: system-config- printer-common_1.1.3+git20090218-0ubuntu19.1_all Perhaps there's some conflict between these updates and the KDE4 configuration tool? The problem started to appear only recently, so these updates look like plausible suspects. This is pretty much a show-stopper in my mind. If people have to reconfigure a printer repeatedly, they'll not be staying with Kubuntu for long. -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
Adding a project to it. I really don't know where this belongs, but the bug needs attention. It can't just be me. ** Package changed: ubuntu => kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) -- KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
