Printer Configuration no longer integrated in System Settings?

[Martin Kho]

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?

Martin Kho


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