As we have narrowed down the instances of when CUPS is and is not running, I've asked one of our devs to take a look at the issue when he has time as I suspect it not to be a 'printing' problem, but an installer problem.
Regards, Phill. On 30 April 2013 21:25, Finog <[email protected]> wrote: > Ran "system-config-printer 1.3.12" on fresh install of Lubuntu 13.04 > amd64. > > system-config-printer dialog says "Printing service not available. Start > the service on this computer or connect to another server." > > Pressing connect brings up a dialog box saying "CUPS server: > <localhost>". Pressing connect here yields no joy. > > Running "sudo start cups" fixes the problem and clicking Connect gives > joy. Afterwards, opening system-config-printer does not show the problem > message any more. > > Expected that CUPS would either be running already OR that the dialog > box would suggest a method for starting it. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133794 > > Title: > Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04 > > Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > 1) Raring daily Lubuntu 13.04 i386 > 2) system-config-printer 1.3.11 > 3) I expected the printer to be detected without a cups error. The > printer was not detected. > 4) > 1) When selecting Printer from the System Tools menu the > Printers-localhost dialog box appears with the following message. > 'Printing service not available. Start the service on this computer or > connect to another server.' > 2) After clicking the connect button once the 'Connect to CUPS server' > box appears. > 3) After clicking the connect button on this message box the Cups > server error box appears with the following dialog. > There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'failed to connect to > server'. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 > Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.11+20120807-0ubuntu13 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 > Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic i686 > ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 > Architecture: i386 > CasperVersion: 1.330 > CurrentDmesg: > > Date: Wed Feb 27 01:04:06 2013 > ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py > InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 > LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130226) > Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: > Transport endpoint is not connected > MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. > MarkForUpload: True > PackageArchitecture: all > Papersize: a4 > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed > boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern > SourcePackage: system-config-printer > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2005 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 1024.001 > dmi.board.name: P4C800-E > dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. > dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture > dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1024.001:bd08/04/2005:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnP4C800-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: > dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794/+subscriptions > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133794 Title: Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
