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ubiquity package

/etc/papersize with "a4" included in Edgy install

Bug #107536 reported by SPopejoy on 2007-04-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #104160: /etc/papersize incorrecly configured. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: base-installer

See other bug report for libpaper1: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/71671

I am reporting this for base-installer, because while libpaper1 is the service that interacts with /etc/papersize, the file itself is not listed in the package's contents so therefore I am assuming that Edgy's base-installer installs /etc/papersize.

The bug being that this file contains the text "a4" which overrides practically every setting in KDE printing, CUPS etc making it impossible to print to US Letter with anything but a test page.

It took me over 4 hours after my Edgy clean install to find this file (Kubuntu 6.10 LiveCD install) and correct the problem. This is definitely a bug for US/Canada (Mexico?) locales.

However, I also feel that the libpaper1 library is harmful for printing as it is not configurable using any tool in the standard printer toolset: KDE PrintManager, CUPS localhost:631, or foomatic-gui. Therefore I question the need for libpaper1 to even be in the default install.

Stuart

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2007-04-26:

Did you use the alternate install CD or the desktop CD? I suspect that you used the latter.

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Matthew Koyle (mgkoyle) wrote on 2007-05-09:

This problem occurs with the standard desktop install CD as obtained at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and clicking download without changing anything (i386, any mirror, Ubuntu 7.04).

See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpaper/+bug/46613