Bug 192764

Created attachment 129825 [details]
Screenshot of "system-config-printer-0.7.8-1" post-configuration window

I can't reproduce this here.  When you see this problem, is there a Python error
message at the end of /tmp/xses-*?

It may be easier to see if there is a Python error by running
'system-config-printer' from a terminal window.

Thanks.

The corresponding console output reads:

    uri = self.getDeviceURI()
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py",
line 1564, in getDeviceURI
    host = self.cmbNPTDirectJetHostname.get_text()
AttributeError: GUI instance has no attribute 'cmbNPTDirectJetHostname'

The issue might thus be related to the particular case of installing
an "HP LaserJet" printer through the "JetDirect" interface.

There is an entry in the "xses" file, but its appearance is not related
to invoking "system-config-printer". Anyway:

** (eggcups:3694): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030

When invoking "system-config-printer" a 2nd time, it is not even possible
to add a new printer, and the corresponding console output reads:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/posixpath.py", line 143, in getmtime
    return os.stat(filename).st_mtime
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
    '/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer'

which is correct, as the only content of "/usr/share/foomatic/db/source"
is a directory hierarchy containing a compressed "ppd" file:

    "..source/PPD/HP/fax/HP-Fax-hplip.ppd.gz"

This happens on a fresh install of Fedora Core rawhide (2006-05-25).
In order to add a new printer after having used "system-config-printer"
before, it is necessary to remove "/tmp/foomatic.pickle" (maybe a
left-over from the first failed attempt?). Otherwise, the corresponding
button is unresponsive.

Aha, this was what I needed:
  AttributeError: GUI instance has no attribute 'cmbNPTDirectJetHostname'
I've fixed this in CVS.

This error:
  ** (eggcups:3694): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030
is something else I need to investigate.

This:
  '/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer' [Errno 2] No such file or directory
sounds like a problem with your installation: for some reason foomatic is not
installed.  Well, system-config-printer ought to require it but it does not. 
Fixed that in CVS too now.

system-config-printer-0.7.10-1 should fix two of the three issues.

The remaining one is the eggcups error message.

Great, new issue: after a fresh install from the Fedora Core rawhide
tree, I was absolutely unable to launch any of the Python based config
utilities including "system-config-printer-0.7.9-1". There was an
error message analog to the following for "pup":

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 29, in ?
    import gtk
ImportError: No module named gtk

It turned out that the new package "pygobject2" is missing from the
package requirements (see Bug #193244 on this issue). After installing
it manually, the utilities work again. Now that I have also installed
"foomatic" by hand, the driver choice again corresponds to what I was
used to in FC5, etc. The "label126" issue will probably disappear in
"system-config-printer-0.7.10-1".

For that issue see bug #193282.

Works for me now. Still empty labels ("label124", etc.) due to
unspecified resources in "About" window.

Oops, I did it again. Installing a printer using the "LPD/LPR" leads to:

  host = self.cmbNPTLPDHostname.get_text()
  AttributeError: GUI instance has no attribute 'cmbNPTLPDHostname'

One gets stuck in a window with the already familiar "label126" text
when only the host name but not the printer name is given, which does
not seem too idiotic in the case of a standalone network printer.

If both host name and printer name are specified, on gets still
stuck but the text in the window is rather:

  "Going to create a new printer <foo> at ."

On the console, on reads:

  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py",
  line 1809, in on_btnNPApply_clicked
  uri = self.getDeviceURI()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py",
  line 1586, in getDeviceURI
    host = self.cmbNPTLPDHostname.get_text()
  AttributeError: GUI instance has no attribute 'cmbNPTLPDHostname'

Fixed in CVS.

Great, now, its only the missing labels and the broken dependencies.
"yum" claims that it cannot find "system-config-printer-libs-0.7.11-1"
when updating the system, and even after downloading the actually
existing package, it has to be installed with " --nodeps", otherwise
"rpm" will reject it.

0.7.11-3 removes '%{epoch}:' from the dependency line.

So the remaining bug was about eggcups.  This is separately reported as bug #193204.

It would be nice though to define the missing text resources for the
"About System-Config-Printer" (screenshot attached) mentioned in
comment #9.

Created attachment 131177 [details]
"About System-Config-Printer" screenshot

Oops, fixed in CVS.