Guillaume Rousse wrote: > Ainsi parlait Christophe Combelles : > >>printerdrake often runs lpstat to check the config : >> >>If there is a problem with the network config or the cups config, lpstat >>never returns, and printerdrake never finishes to tell me to wait. So I >>must kill it, and I cannot configure any printer with it. >> >>I've got the problem with the following procedure : >> >>- fresh 8.2 install with a printer using PDQ >>- configure the network with dhcp (cable modem) >>- change the printer manager to CUPS >> >>...hangs... : lpstat doesnt return. >> >>I have run into this problem just by using mdk config tools, without >>manually editing any config file. >> >>I had to disable the dhcp, configure a static IP, configure the printer, >>reconfigure the dhcp. >> >>I think a GUI for a config tool should never be blocked by a single >>command launched in background, and should not suppose it will return in >>short delays. > > I suspect it could come from mdk GUI tools actually. > Please see my mail "X freeze when launching drakconf under 8.2", and test if > using mcc triggers the same problem...
No, the problem is just that printerdrake waits for ever that "lpstat" returns. But in certain cases, lpstat won't return, so printerdrake never close its window named "please wait while checking installed software".
