Re: Printer Configuration no longer integrated in System Settings?

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On Thursday 21 July 2011 09:59:16 Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 07/20/2011 04:56 PM, Martin Kho wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 July 2011 23:17:18 Martin Kho wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 20 July 2011 09:02:19 Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> >>> Martin Kho wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> 
> >>>> When I open Printer Configuration in System Settings I get an
> >>>> authentication dialog box asking for my root password (not my user
> >>>> -
> >>> 
> >>> sudo
> >>> 
> >>>> - password). After entering the password a new box opens with all
> >>> 
> >>> printers
> >>> 
> >>>> and settings and the window in System Settings changes to "Resize
> >>> 
> >>> and
> >>> 
> >>>> Rotate your display". The System Settings window is 'empty' and
> >>>> all
> >>>> controls are disabled (greyed out). The only option I have is
> >>> 
> >>> closing
> >>> 
> >>>> System Settings.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Anyone else have seen this? Are here one or more bugs, what
> >>> 
> >>> components?
> >>> 
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Martin Kho
> >>>> 
> >>>> I'm using F15 (KDE 4.6.5) no testing or kde-redhat repository.
> >>> 
> >>> With KDE 4.6.95, I get a message stating:
> >>> 
> >>> "The service Printer Configuration does not provide an interface
> >>> KCModule...".
> >>> 
> >>> Then it goes on:
> >>> 
> >>> "Possible Reasons: An error occurred in your last KDE upgrade,
> >>> leaving
> >>> an orphaned control model..."
> >>> 
> >>> I know it was working only 2-3 weeks ago, when I last printed a
> >>> page.
> >>> The printer applet correctly detected my printer and all went
> >>> smoothly.
> >>> 
> >>> However, printing has always been very, very slow, say, 5-10 minutes
> >>> for one page. This has been a KDE problem for at least a year or
> >>> two.
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> FYI:
> >> 
> >> Running  "python
> >> /usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer-kde/system-config-
> >> printer-kde.py" gives
> >> 
> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>    File
> >> 
> >> "/usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer-kde/system-config-printer-
> >> kde.py", line 75, in<module>
> >> 
> >>      import cupshelpers, options
> >>    
> >>    File
> >>    "/usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer-kde/options.py",
> >>    line>> 
> >> 34, in<module>
> >> 
> >>      import ppdippstr
> >> 
> >> ImportError: No module named ppdippstr
> >> 
> >> The only ppdippstr(.py) I could found is in system-config-
> >> printer-1.3.4-1.fc16.x86_64
> >> (/usr/share/system-config-printer/ppdippstr.py)
> >> 
> >> In
> >> "/usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer-kde/system-config-printer-
> >> kde. py" there are the following lines:
> >> #load modules from system-config-printer-common (debug, smburi),
> >> change
> >> path here if you have it installed elsewhere
> >> SYSTEM_CONFIG_PRINTER_DIR =
> >> "/usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer"
> >> 
> >> if os.path.exists(SYSTEM_CONFIG_PRINTER_DIR + "/debug.py"):
> >>      sys.path.append(SYSTEM_CONFIG_PRINTER_DIR)
> >> 
> >> debug.py is also in "/usr/share/system-config-printer/"
> >> 
> >> I've tried to change the variable SYSTEM_CONFIG_PRINTER_DIR to
> >> "/usr/share/system-config-printer/" but that didn't do the trick ;-(
> >> 
> >> May be someone else has some better ideas.
> >> 
> >> Martin Kho
> >> 
> >> Note: This is rawhide (kde 4.6.95)
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Above issue 'solved':
> > 
> > I copied the module /usr/share/system-config-printer/ppdippstr.py[c,o]
> > to
> > /usr/share/kde4/apps/system-config-printer-kde/
> > 
> > and started cups (in Rawhide it wasn't started automatically) :-)
> > 
> > Create a BZ for this issue?
> 
> yes please.

Hi Rex,

Done #723987

Martin Kho

> 
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