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Description of problem:
Console trace produced when system-config-printer processes "New" click: 

# system-config-printer
*** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x091f3e28 ***
sh: line 1:  6147 Aborted                 perl -e
'ioctl(STDIN,0x84005001,$result);print $result' 2>/dev/null </dev/usb/lp0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/addQueue.py", line 439, in
rescan_button_clicked
    self.populate_device_view (force = 1)
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/addQueue.py", line 468, in
populate_device_view
    self.local_devs = self.parent.conf.scan_local_printer_devices (force)
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_conf.py", line 1265, in
scan_local_printer_devices
   
local_printer_devices.device_dict[dev].update(autodetect_usb_printer(dev,
i))
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_conf.py", line 1392, in
autodetect_usb_printer
    return { "auto" : auto }
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'auto' referenced before assignment
*** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x08ce2e28 ***
sh: line 1:  6155 Aborted                 perl -e
'ioctl(STDIN,0x84005001,$result);print $result' 2>/dev/null </dev/usb/lp0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/addQueue.py", line 439, in
rescan_button_clicked
    self.populate_device_view (force = 1)
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/addQueue.py", line 468, in
populate_device_view
    self.local_devs = self.parent.conf.scan_local_printer_devices (force)
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_conf.py", line 1265, in
scan_local_printer_devices
   
local_printer_devices.device_dict[dev].update(autodetect_usb_printer(dev,
i))
  File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_conf.py", line 1392, in
autodetect_usb_printer
    return { "auto" : auto }
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'auto' referenced before assignment

EOF


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run "system-config-printer
2. click "New"
3. get stack trace
    

Actual Results:  see above dump.

Expected Results:  Wizard should run.

Additional info: