[Bug 316077] Re: usb creator missing python-gnome2 dependency

2009-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
This bug is also in Kubuntu 9.10 (beta) as tested with a daily-live CD image. -- usb creator missing python-gnome2 dependency https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316077 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 367519] Re: usb-creator cannot be installed in Kubuntu 9.04 (and 9.10 daily-live) because of missing dependency

2009-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 316077 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316077 This bug is still in Kubuntu 9.10 (beta) as tested with a daily-live CD image. ** Summary changed: - Missing dependencies in Kubuntu 9.04 + usb-creator cannot be installed in Kubuntu 9.04 (and 9.10 daily-liv

[Bug 352766] Re: casper-rw larger than 2GB not created (because dd is called with bs=final-size-of-persistfile)

2009-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
I confirm this bug to still be present in Karmic (daily-live from 10th of July). As an aside: this daily-live also reports conflicting versions about usb-creator. See also bug #398124 : * "dpkg -l usb-creator": reports "0.1.16" * "usb-creator --version": reports "0.0.11" ** Summary changed:

[Bug 398124] [NEW] 'usb-creator --version' reports "0.1.11" (karmic daily-live)

2009-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: usb-creator I'm trying to use usb-creator from a karmic daily-live CD (dating July 10, 2009) to create a USB thumdrive with karmic. While trying to debug why it didn't attempt to create the "casper-rw" file for holding the data for the "persistent" featu

[Bug 327081] Re: usb-creator crashed with ImportError in ()

2009-03-01 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Moreover, I cannot identify any package ("apt-cache search gnomevfs") that could solve the missing dependency. (I installed everything apt- cache search offered...). Still the same error message. -- usb-creator crashed with ImportError in () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327081 You received th

[Bug 327081] Re: usb-creator crashed with ImportError in ()

2009-03-01 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Same here. I downloaded daily Live CD iso image (dated 20090301), did "apt-get install usb-creator" and experienced same problem. -- usb-creator crashed with ImportError in () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327081 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 333110] Re: stupid illegible "Installation Failed" dialog box

2009-02-25 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Hmm... why is it that I can't see bug # 331327? (I only get "Not allowed here. Sorry, you don't have permission to access this page.") -- stupid illegible "Installation Failed" dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333110 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 333110] Re: stupid illegible "Installation Failed" dialog box

2009-02-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
This looks to me like a duplicate of bug #332960 (I was getting the same illegible dialog box at the end of my usb-creating exercise). -- stupid illegible "Installation Failed" dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333110 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 66793] Re: cupsaddsmb in cupsys-client should support specifying which architecture the drivers are.

2006-12-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
cupsaddsmb is mean to install a PostScript driver (the Adobe/Microsoft one, with or without a CUPS-specific extension). It explicitely supports Windows 2000 or higher (optionally with the CUPS extension), or Windows 95/98/ME (no CUPS extension available). This gives: W32X86 --> the directory fo

[Bug 51432] Re: cupsys prints empty pages

2006-07-19 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Re. CUPS.org STR #1717: CUPS 1.2.2 has been released today, which seems to include a fix for that bug -- cupsys prints empty pages https://launchpad.net/bugs/51432 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51432] Re: cupsys prints empty pages

2006-07-19 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
It is true to the letter, in the way I described it. Look more closely at the "pure luck" sentence, consider again more Mike's statement, read again what I gave as my advice above, please. You'll then notice,... ...that the "pure luck" sentence is refering to "this" file (i.e. the unchanged o

[Bug 47536] Re: cupsd daemon stop configuring printers

2006-07-15 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Further above, I wrote: "The "Listen" directive *always* needs a colon,..." Actually, that is no longer true. (Dunno when the change was introduced). The syntax checking for "Listen" is now more liberal, and both forms Listen *:631 Listen 631 are possible (the latter one is not offi

[Bug 51432] Re: cupsys prints empty pages

2006-07-14 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Sorry, Andreas, you do misrepresent what was said in the CUPS forum about your PostScript file, probably because you did not fully understand it: "They reject support for DSC non-conforming files [...]" That's not true. They only reject support for files that *claim* DSC conformity (by sendin

[Bug 52350] Ubuntu's hard-wired "RunAsUser cupsys" breaks CUPS authentication via nsswitch.conf + LDAP + PAM

2006-07-12 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Is your LDAP authentication working alright for other services? IMHO, your bug report should be renamed to a line like the heading of my own comment. Ubuntu cupsys 1.2.x packages are patched to retain the "RunAsUser" feature (which is now deprecated and removed -- for good reasons! -- by the or

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Oh, I forgot a very prominent and important service that does not comply with your principles for security, Ante: Samba. I just checked with the box of a friend who runs Dapper: it has the original Dapper packages of Samba, and all smbd and nmbd processes do run as root -- dapper cupsys can

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-07-11 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Ante Karamatić wrote: 'Mike knows that RunAsUser and "helper functions for init scripts" (i.e. start-stop-daemon) are two totally different things.' I'm sure he knows that. What he meant to say was that a start-stop daemon solution should then also use a port above 1024 (instead of 63

[Bug 51755] Re: ipp backend fails when there is a URL printed from firefox with Trademark symbol

2006-07-03 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
I can not reproduce this with my version of CUPS here (currently a self-compiled 1.3-r5706 from CUPS' Subversion repository). I'll test with a Dapper version later. A few questions for clarification, and to try and help reproduce this: * with "® HTML entity in the page TITLE" you mean the ...

[Bug 51432] Re: cupsys prints empty pages

2006-07-03 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Please report this bug at CUPS.org (http://www.cups.org/str.php). For now, to print it use one of 2 options: a) print with the "-o raw" option (if you have a PostScript printer!) lp -d printername -o raw xfig.ps b) change the first line of the xfig.ps file to either read "%!" or "%!PS

[Bug 8125] Re: username for smb printer is not shown on printer properties

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
The sanitization of the device URI (not showing username and/or password in log files or other places where device URIs show up for mortal users to see) is in fact a *feature* that was introduced some time ago (it was different before), in order to increase security. Chances are pretty low that yo

[Bug 44459] Re: [Dapper] Can't use spaces when specifying printer name

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Above post was meant to say: "This can not be accepted as a wishlist item, nor as a bug report for Ubuntu. If the Vincent badly wants spaces in printer names, he'll have to file a wishlist at http://www.cups.org/str.php -- I doubt it would have big chances of acceptance, though

[Bug 44459] Re: [Dapper] Can't use spaces when specifying printer name

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
CUPS printer and class names may contain any printable character, except space, tab, "/", or "#". Also important to note: printer and class names are *not* case- sensitive. "myprinter" and "mYpRiNtEr" are exactly the same printer for CUPS! -- [Dapper] Can't use spaces when specifying printer nam

[Bug 21882] Re: gnome-cups-manager creates printers with invalid names

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
CUPS printer and class names may contain any printable character, except space, tab, "/", or "#". (See "man lpadmin") Also important to note: printer and class names are *not* case- sensitive. "myprinter" and "mYpRiNtEr" are exactly the same printer for CUPS! A different kind of fish is what an

[Bug 47536] Re: cupsd daemon stop configuring printers

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Manu, your advice to use Listen 631 is completely wrong, because of a wrong syntax you use. The "Listen" directive *always* needs a colon, with something before and a port number after the colon. You can take any combination of these syntax examples (multiple declarations in one cupsd.conf):

[Bug 49063] Re: cupsys in combination with xpp

2006-06-26 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Your original bug report (haven't read the postings below that) looks like your original print file is content with some issue, so that what CUPS' pstops filter sees coming along has a problem (like not being compliant as "DSC PostScript") it cannot process correctly. It could also be a problem of

[Bug 50886] Re: Patched localhost:631 page is bogus + misleading for Kubuntu

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Hmm... let me put in a few more things. The patched web page also says: /usr/share/doc/cupsys/README.Debian.gz describes the details and how to reenable it again. Here is a list of all usability problems with this: 1. Kubuntu does not have the Gnome CUPS Manager installed. -

[Bug 50886] Patched localhost:631 page is bogus + misleading for Kubuntu

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys Ubuntu Dapper (dunno about Breezy) cripples the CUPS web interface by disallowing access to administrative functions (this is worth a bug report with change request in itself). Thankfully, the entry web page http://localhost:631/ is even patched to

[Bug 49855] Re: /etc/cups/client.conf missing in Dapper Drake

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
General comments about /etc/cups/client.conf: --- By default, CUPS.org ships its source code with a client.conf file that is not active, and we also do not recommend that you use it by default for standard workstations that are part of a

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
So why is this bug still in status "needs info"? -- dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root https://launchpad.net/bugs/47773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
_Like_ *this*? Or 'like' ''this''? '''Hmm...''' -- dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root https://launchpad.net/bugs/47773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
How does this thingie work? No markup guide in sight... -- dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root https://launchpad.net/bugs/47773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
--> "You do not need/want cups to run as root for this." <-- Yes you do, at least in the context of this bug report. The bug report explicitely names an "RFC compliant LPD server". In case you are not familiar with RFC 1179 (which is the one that descibes LPD), please have a look