Bug 133615 - if usb printer is off on startup kudzu needs interaction
Summary: if usb printer is off on startup kudzu needs interaction
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kudzu
Version: 2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-09-25 08:59 UTC by Thilo Pfennig
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-12-17 21:22:42 UTC
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Description Thilo Pfennig 2004-09-25 08:59:38 UTC
Description of problem:

If one configures an USB printer (suppose is the same with parallel
printers) kudzu does not like it if it is off on startup and suggests
3 possibilities: keep configuration, delete configuration and one
other. This interaction is not a good idea because many users will not
know wot to handle and it stops the boot procedure.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install and configure printer
2. on switch off before (re)boot.
  
Actual results:

Interaction required with kudzu


Expected results:

No interaction should be required because

a) it is quite normal to switch printer on when you want to print
b) many users habe a problem with that interaction, especially if they
do not understand english or are not used to ncurses-based programs.

Kudzu should keep the printers configuration (similar problems could
arise with other periphery). It should be possible to change the
behaviour of kudzu on this part in the /etc/sysconfig/kudzu

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-12-17 21:22:42 UTC
At this point, further work on printer configuration in kudzu is not
going to happen; the functionality has moved to HAL.


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