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Description of problem: For some reason, using the KDE print tool can end up writing a line like this in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf: ServerBin /usr/lib64/cups It must NEVER DO THIS! That location is incorrect and causes a variety of things to fail. Why is it even trying to reconfigure the ServerBin setting? CUPS comes configured with a ServerBin setting at compilation time, and tools were placed in the correct location at packaging time -- it isn't something that can be reliably changed after the fact. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdelibs-3.5.6-0.3.fc6, probably others How reproducible: Don't know, but see the code. Additional info: I had this issue reported to me in private mail.
Reproducible simply by running Settings->Printers (kcmshell printers). Click Print Server and Configure Server. I receive an unrecognized options warning dialog about optioins being left untouched, click OK. Click OK on CUPS server configuration and bam, /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is modified with hundreds of comment lines and option changes, especially the ServerBin which is fatal to printing thereafter.
*** Bug 229738 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
For now, our best recommendation is simply to not use kde's (kcmshel printers) to configure cups. It's just plain not very good, esp on 64bit platforms.
*** Bug 250840 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
As noted in bug 416101, while this is definitely a KDE bug, it would be possible to mitigate it (prevent the failure) by explicitly specifying ServerBin as /usr/lib/cups in the cups RPM defauld /etc/cups/cupsd.conf since the KDE tools will use an existing value in the file - they just have a broken default when it is not present. @alex
Seems to me it would be just as easy for kdelibs to just never write out that line.
*** Bug 416101 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Will be fixed in 3.5.9-2
As per http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/BugStatusWorkFlow , the bug should be in MODIFIED state, not RESOLVED, as long as the update has not been pushed.
kdegames-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdesdk-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeutils-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeaccessibility-3.5.9-1.fc7, arts-1.5.9-1.fc7, kdeaddons-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeartwork-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdebindings-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdegraphics-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdewebdev-3.5.9-1.fc7, kde-i18n-3.5.9-4.fc7, kdeadmin-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeedu-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdemultimedia-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdenetwork-3.5.9-2.fc7, kdetoys-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdelibs-3.5.9-3.fc7, kdebase-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdepim-3.5.9-6.fc7, kdevelop-3.5.1-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kdegames kdesdk kdeutils kdeaccessibility arts kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebindings kdegraphics kdewebdev kde-i18n kdeadmin kdeedu kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdetoys kdelibs kdebase kdepim kdevelop'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2008-1892
kdevelop-3.5.1-3.fc7, arts-1.5.9-1.fc7, kdelibs-3.5.9-3.fc7, kdeaccessibility-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeaddons-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeadmin-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeartwork-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdebase-3.5.9-3.fc7, kdebindings-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeedu-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdegames-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdegraphics-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdemultimedia-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdepim-3.5.9-6.fc7, kdetoys-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdewebdev-3.5.9-1.fc7, kde-i18n-3.5.9-4.fc7, kdenetwork-3.5.9-2.fc7, kdesdk-3.5.9-1.fc7, kdeutils-3.5.9-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kdevelop-3.5.1-3.fc8, arts-1.5.9-1.fc8, kdelibs-3.5.9-3.fc8, kdeaccessibility-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdeaddons-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdeadmin-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdeartwork-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdebase-3.5.9-3.fc8, kdebindings-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdeedu-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdegames-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdegraphics-3.5.9-1.fc8, kde-i18n-3.5.9-4.fc8, kdemultimedia-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdenetwork-3.5.9-2.fc8, kdepim-3.5.9-6.fc8, kdesdk-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdetoys-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdeutils-3.5.9-1.fc8, kdewebdev-3.5.9-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.