From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-2 i686) Description of problem: when calling printconf-gui OR tui from an xterm it fails. the error appears to be a missing xml file being called by the pyton script. see below [root@dustpuppy root]# printconf-gui Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/sbin/printconf-gui", line 7, in ? import printconf_gui File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_gui.py", line 1750, in ? File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_conf.py", line 1069, in foomatic_init_overview file = open(foomatic.overview_file_path) IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/foomatic/db/compiled/overview.xml' happens when calling printconf-gui, printconf-tui or printtool Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.open xterm, su - 2.type printconf-gui 3.watch the error Actual Results: traceback error fdrrom pyton script Expected Results: the printer config tool sholud appear Additional info:
Had the same problem. Creating overview.xml as an empty file doesn't fix this.
We (Red Hat) really need to fix this before next release.
Had this problem with Roswell2 packages (foomatic-1.1-0.20010717.4.noarch.rpm, printconf-0.3.23-1.i386.rpm, printconf-gui-0.3.23-1.i386.rpm). Running "rpm --verify foomatic" reveals a large number of missing files. Downgrading foomatic to a previous Rawhide package (foomatic-1.1-0.20010717.3.noarch.rpm) seems to have fixed the problem, but I have only tested one printer driver (ljet3).
Verified. backreved to foomatic-1.1-0.20010717.3.noarch.rpm and tested with all available drivers for HP697C (including DJ6xxP) and it works flawlessly
this is a 'upgrade over betas are not supported' bug. the 'fix': rm -rf /usr/share/foomatic/db rpm -Uvh --force foomatic-?latest?.rpm