MASTER: [Feisty] KDE Printing Manager does not list the PPDs of Gutenprint
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gutenprint (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Jonathan Riddell |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: cupsys-
I have an Epson Stylus DX3850 all-in-one printer, that used to work out-of-the-box since Hoary. I recently made a fresh install of Kubuntu Feisty Beta, and I launched the KDE "Add printer" wizard. The printer was detected as usual, but then, when the driver database was displayed, I couldn't find the correct driver any more.
So I searched the repositories for missing CUPS driver packages, and I found that the foomatic-
Finally, I reinstalled all the packages related to CUPS, including the kdeprint package, with apt-get, and this time, the correct driver was found, and the printer now works. But anyone would agree that this procedure isn't very newbie-friendly, and requires some knowledge of CUPS...
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 31 12:32:10 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux ubuntu-desktop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Needs Info → Confirmed |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in kubuntu-meta: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Can you check whether the package cupsys- driver- gutenprint is installed (do "dpkg -l cupsys*").