/etc/papersize is not created

[Patrice Vetsel]

Since Tribe5 and confirmed on Tribe6 for my french installation with dektop-i386 iso

/etc/papersize exist under live session, and contain "a4"

But after installation :

/etc/papersize don't exist
and we have a /etc/papersize.dpkg-inst that contain "a4"

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

In fact g-c-m do the same

[Tim Waugh (twaugh)]

It is up to cupsd to set this correctly when the PPD is set. It sounds like your system locale is wrong.

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Changing package assignation and bug description

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Bugs seems to have disappeared

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

I must re-open this bug, as the bug have came back under Gutsy uptodate.
s-c-p 0.7.71+-svn1406-0ubuntu1
hal-cups-utils 0.6.11-0ubuntu3
cups 1.3.0-2ubuntu1

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Normally CUPS sets up the paper size using /etc/papersize.
Can you attach the output of the printingbug info script, it can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript.

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Ok i'v attached output of printingbuginfo.

/etc/papersize don't exist
i'v a /etc/papersize.dpkg-inst that contain "a4"

If i copy papersize.dpkg-inst to papersize all is ok :) so it's not cupsys problem. But i don't find who is the default package

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

/etc/papersize is provide by libpaper1 package, this package should be installed on your system since cupsys depends on it.
Check the output of "dpkg-query -l libpaper1 | grep ii".
The /etc/papersize.dpkg-inst file looks like some upgrading issue, did you upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy?
Does running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1" create /etc/papersize again?

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

kagou@satori:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/papersize
kagou@satori:~$

I don't know if it's me that i'v first removed /etc/papersize but i think that dpkg-reconfigure should recreate it no ?!

I'm waiting for Tribe5 to re-test this bug.

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Fresh install of Tribe5.

i do not have a /etc/paper but a

kagou@agape:~$ cat /etc/papersize.dpkg-inst
a4

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Confirmed by Hobbsee

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Doing a special installation of desktop-daily under vmware :

under the live cd session /etc/papersize is set and contain "a4", but after installation /etc/papersize (under dd) is not here

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

I can add that the problem occured on the dd before rebooting from the live session.
I'v used "ubiquity --debug" but i can't find in it any usefull informations.

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

Confirmed on Tribe6

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

How can we know who have deleted a file ?
How can we know who is deleting /etc/papersize during installation ? (ubiquity --debug have no usefull informations for this bug)

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This is surely a ubiquity bug rather than libpaper. (ubiquity does try to configure libpaper, but clearly gets it wrong ...)

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I believe I have a fix for this; I just need to test it.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

ubiquity (1.5.16) gutsy; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Updated kde_ui.py to reflect recent fixes to gtk_ui.py.
  * Small fix to return to the right page on return_to_partitioning.

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Translate widgets from all glade files, not just the main one.
  * Purge ucf's state for /etc/papersize so that it will be recreated
    properly (LP: #128258).
  * Fix automatic-ubiquity option handling in init script.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: hw-detect 1.53ubuntu2,
    kboot-installer 0.0.1ubuntu4, localechooser 1.38ubuntu2,
    migration-assistant 0.5.0, partman-auto-loop 0ubuntu7, partman-base
    107ubuntu3.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:59:23 +0100