Printer Configuration no longer integrated in System Settings?

[Rex Dieter]

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.

-- rex