hp-setup hangs system under Oneiric unless run 'sudo'
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hplip (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The hp-setup program won't start up under Oneiric Beta 1. I've tried under gdm and lightdp, though I doubt it matters (it behaves the same in any case). What does matter, though is 'sudo'. It behaves appropriately if run as a 'sudo' command (that is, as root).
When I run it from the command line (without 'sudo'), the terminal window will fill with messages like:
(Python:6905): GTK_CRITICAL **: IF_gtk_
After a long time it will bring up a window but it will be transparent except for the frame and title bar. The system at this point becomes unresponsive; I have to forcibly reboot the system.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: hplip 3.11.7-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fc2d0c1a9f7a910
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f
Date: Tue Sep 6 00:48:06 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
Lpstat:
device for HP-Color-
device for HP-Officejet-
device for Officejet_
device for Officejet_
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-880GMA-UD2H
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
HP-Color-
HP-Officejet-
Officejet_
Officejet_
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: hplip
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-05 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/28/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: GA-880GMA-UD2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSof
dmi.product.name: GA-880GMA-UD2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
description: | updated |
I've found that the GUI does come up if run as 'sudo'. I'll change the title to indicate that this is a hanging problem, as well as terrible user feedback if 'sudo' is not specified (and it shouldn't be; most admin utilities will request root access if they need it).