Printer Configuration no longer integrated in System Settings?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Mon Jul 25 13:27:52 UTC 2011


Martin Kho wrote:
> 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.

This is a result of the hack we use to support root-only configuration 
modules, and setting the root-only flag is in turn a workaround for
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652272

system-config-printer-kde really needs a better fix for this problem. 
system-config-printer already supports PolicyKit, I have no idea why this is 
not working in system-config-printer-kde, I guess it's supposed to call some 
functions and doesn't.

        Kevin Kofler



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