Should default to "Show Printers Shared By Other Systems" to On/Checked

Bug #998162 reported by Pete Graner
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

By default we do not auto discover printers on the network. This is not a very easy switch to find and turn on for most people we should default to having it set to "On"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.8+20120201-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Fri May 11 10:28:29 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=3d880a9e-f17b-4e2e-9499-6273ef2e37fb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4286CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4286CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

Revision history for this message
Pete Graner (pgraner) wrote :
Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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