This one indeed appears to be fixed in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10: I can configure
printers when my network cable is unplugged or when my ethernet connection is
switched off in NetworkManager.
Therefore closing as Fix Released, feel free to reopen if you still have the
problem.
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While there is a similar bug that I am probably going to file soon, this
one appears to be fixed.
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Cannot configure printers when not connected to the network.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179847
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I raised this bug and I see it on a laptop running Gutsy, so yes it is
current.
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Cannot configure printers when not connected to the network.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179847
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** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) = Tim Waugh (twaugh)
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Cannot configure printers when not connected to the network.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179847
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Tim, can you make system-config-printer keep running when there is no
network? As long as CUPS is working system-config-printer should work,
too. Currently, it stops without needing to stop. One could show a
warning somewhere if the use of remote printers is accepted but now
local network
Instead of exiting, s-c-p should temporarily disable the Show printers
shared by other systems feature (with an internal ignore flag for each
missing CUPS server?). Presumably this also happens if one of many CUPS
servers on a large network is disconnected.
Till, is this a relatively simple fix
Till, is this bug actually current? Which version are you seeing this
with?
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Cannot configure printers when not connected to the network.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179847
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A workaround for this is to go to:
System-Administration-Printing-Server Settings
and ensure that Show printers shared by other systems is deselected
before disconnecting from the network. This is still not ideal, as this
option can only be reached if the computer is still connected to the
