Bug 206907

I just installed FC-6 final and this still happens.

Is it a USB printer?  What does this command say?:

lshal|grep 'printer\.'

Yeah, it's a USB printer. Here's the output of that command:

% lshal|grep 'printer\.'
  printer.commandset = {'GDI'} (string list)
  printer.product = 'ML-2010'  (string)
  printer.vendor = 'Samsung'  (string)
  printer.physical_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4e8_326c_3A61BKEY806892J__if0'  (string)
  printer.device = '/dev/usb/lp0'  (string)

Did you get a dialog box asking you to choose a driver when you first logged in?

No, I didn't get a dialog box. The printer was automatically confiugred with the
"Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/pxlmono" driver.

Please try this:

1. Unplug the printer.
2. Remove the queue using 'lpadmin -x ML_2010' (or whatever the queue is called)
as root
3. Plug the printer in and switch it on.

Does the same thing happen, or do you get a dialog box this time?

The same thing happens, I don't get a dialog box.

Very strange.  I have an HP DeskJet 990C here, and if I remove that from the
database (and remove the cache file) as if it's an unknown printer, I *do* get a
dialog box when I log in.

CCing ffesti, who wrote hal_lpadmin..

That is a little strange. IMHO it would be better for the printer to be
automatically configured correctly without having to prompt the user. Perhaps
one of our printers is a special case -- just a guess though.

Looks like an eggcups problem to me. 
Please use gconf-editor and have a look at the config item below
/system/printing/user_drivers. I guess eggcups saves all known printers there
and uses them if it doesn't know anything else.

In fact, for the record, what does this command say?

  gconftool-2 -R /system/printing

Fedora core 6 (x86_64). Also having problem getting Samsung ML2010 to work.
Printer came with a CD that had Linux drivers(surprise!) and updated ones are
available on their website. I installed these so ML-2010 is in the list of
choices on adding printer. Still nothing prints. Can't get test page to print
aand apps send to printer but nothing happens (Jobs accumulate in queue). Will
try using ML- 1710

(In reply to comment #11)
> In fact, for the record, what does this command say?
> 
>   gconftool-2 -R /system/printing

Nothing is printed out.

Victor: your problem is different to the one described in this bug report. 
Please open a separate bug report for it.  Thanks!

Fix is:

--- foomatic.py 3 Nov 2006 17:37:40 -0000       1.34
+++ foomatic.py 6 Nov 2006 13:07:28 -0000
@@ -792 +792 @@
-        elif self._auto_description.has_key(description):
+        elif description and self._auto_description.has_key(description):

Please try this test update when it gets pushed to the mirrors:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-November/msg00134.html

You will be able to update to this package using:

  yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update 'system-config-printer*'

(In reply to comment #16)
> Please try this test update when it gets pushed to the mirrors:

Ok, I just updated to:

system-config-printer-0.7.35-1.fc6
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.35-1.fc6

I unplugged the printer and removed the printer entry in system-config-printer.
When I plugged the printer back in, I got a dialog asking me which printer
driver to use. I selected ML-1710 and clicked OK but the printer was not added
to the list in system-config-printer. Two issues here:

(1) I think the printer should be added to the list in system-config-printer
after it asks for the driver so that users can actually use it. 
(2) Is there any way for the correct driver to automatically selected without
prompting the user? 

Thanks for looking into this.

Thanks for testing.  The remaining issues are covered in other bug reports:

(1) This is covered in bug #214599 and bug #214619
(2) I've filed bug #214761 for this, and it is fixable.

Fixed in update: system-config-printer-0.7.35-1.fc6

Tim, thanks for all your hard work here! Ben