On Wednesday 24 February 2010 10:45:44 Kevin Kofler wrote: > Oh by the way: > > Armelius Cameron wrote: > > So maybe a problem with a permission. I then did what I know: open a > > terminal, su as root, run system-config-printer, and change the settings > > there. > > You shouldn't have to use su for system-config-printer, PolicyKit > authorization should just work there, so you should be able to just use it > as a regular user. If it's also broken there, then it's a system-config- > printer bug and will need to be fixed there (and that'd also explain why it > doesn't work in KDE as KDE's printer settings are also based on system- > config-printer). It's also broken there, at least in my machine. It would ask for authentication, then "stuck" for a very long time, then ask authentication again with a slightly different dialog box and has "username" & "password" field with username populated with "root", then stuck again. I lost patient and just canceled it, and run it as root. So yes, it's probably related... AC
