Obsolete instructions in the printing troubleshooter
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
system-config-printer (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: system-
If the cups service is not running when you run the Printing troubleshooter from Help>Troubleshoot in the Printer configuration window, the following message is displayed:
"The CUPS print spooler does not appear to be running. To correct this, choose System-
These instructions are no longer valid as this option has been removed from the menu. (See LP #433701.)
The source of the message is /usr/share/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 1 23:20:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lpstat: device for Stylus-C40: usb://EPSON/
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X-X
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: system-
PackageArchitec
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: Stylus-C40: Epson Stylus C40 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.4
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: system-
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS A7N8X-X ACPI BIOS Rev 1007
dmi.board.name: A7N8X-X
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: REV 2.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufactture
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: A7N8X-X
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Still applies in Ubuntu 10.10
As mentioned services-admin has been disabled in Ubuntu.
Perhaps this needs to be a more neutral text: To correct this start the 'cups' service.