Fedora 31 Workstation
I installed Xfce to give it a try, didn't like it so I removed it. Unfortunately, since then, when I go to Settings -> Devices -> Printers I get the message "Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available"
I did some googling and found out that CUPS is responsible for printing. The timestamp on the file /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf.O is the time I installed Xfce and the timestamp on /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf.rpmsave is the time I removed Xfce. So that's how I broke it, I guess.
I now only have 2 CUPS packages installed: cups-libs.x86_64 cups-pk-helper.x86_64
Can I just install cups.x86_64 package or is there anything else I need to do to get printing working again?
On 11/14/19 11:46 AM, Simon Colston wrote:
I installed Xfce to give it a try, didn't like it so I removed it. Unfortunately, since then, when I go to Settings -> Devices -> Printers I get the message "Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available"
How did you remove xfce?
I now only have 2 CUPS packages installed: cups-libs.x86_64 cups-pk-helper.x86_64
Can I just install cups.x86_64 package or is there anything else I need to do to get printing working again?
If you used dnf, you can check the history to see what was removed. You probably just need to install cups.
On 15/11/2019 02:01, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/14/19 11:46 AM, Simon Colston wrote:
I installed Xfce to give it a try, didn't like it so I removed it. Unfortunately, since then, when I go to Settings
-> Devices -> Printers I get the message "Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available"
How did you remove xfce?
sudo dnf remove @xfce-desktop-environment
I now only have 2 CUPS packages installed: cups-libs.x86_64 cups-pk-helper.x86_64
Can I just install cups.x86_64 package or is there anything else I need to do to get printing working again?
If you used dnf, you can check the history to see what was removed. You probably just need to install cups.
Thanks. The dnf history looks really useful. I was worried that other things were broken but I can use this to check the other stuff. Installed cups and printing is back. Thanks again.
maybe to compare
on an f31 gnome box:
rpm -qa | grep cups | sort
cups-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-client-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-filesystem-2.2.12-3.fc31.noarch cups-filters-1.22.5-7.fc31.x86_64 cups-filters-libs-1.22.5-7.fc31.x86_64 cups-ipptool-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-libs-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-pk-helper-0.2.6-8.fc31.x86_64 gutenprint-cups-5.2.14-7.fc31.x86_64 python3-cups-1.9.74-4.fc31.x86_64
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On 16/11/2019 00:16, rwarsow@gmx.de wrote:
maybe to compare
on an f31 gnome box:
rpm -qa | grep cups | sort
cups-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-client-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-filesystem-2.2.12-3.fc31.noarch cups-filters-1.22.5-7.fc31.x86_64 cups-filters-libs-1.22.5-7.fc31.x86_64 cups-ipptool-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-libs-2.2.12-3.fc31.x86_64 cups-pk-helper-0.2.6-8.fc31.x86_64 gutenprint-cups-5.2.14-7.fc31.x86_64 python3-cups-1.9.74-4.fc31.x86_64
Yep, that's what I have now. Thanks.