| 2014-12-12 09:56:57 |
Till Kamppeter |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2014-12-12 09:57:17 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:25 |
Till Kamppeter |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Trusty |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:25 |
Till Kamppeter |
bug task added |
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system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty) |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:25 |
Till Kamppeter |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Utopic |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:25 |
Till Kamppeter |
bug task added |
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system-config-printer (Ubuntu Utopic) |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:32 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:35 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Utopic): status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:38 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2014-12-12 09:57:41 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Utopic): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2014-12-12 10:24:04 |
Till Kamppeter |
description |
The transition from Python2 to Python3, the replacement of the OpenPrinting web server by a new VM running Ubuntu 12.04 instead of 10.04, and code restructuring in system-config-printer has broken automatic driver package download at several points. This is now fixed in the Vivid package of system-config-printer but (at least part) of the fixes needs to get backported to Utopic and Trusty, for which I have posted this bug report.
[Impact]
With the OpenPrinting web server change (Utopic, Trusty) and the transition to Python3 (Utopic) automatic driver download stopped working. So users of Utopic and Trusty who connect a printer only supported by a downloadable driver package listed at OpenPrinting (mostly newer Epson inkjets but also new PostScript/PCL printers from Ricoh and OEM, Samsung, ...) will not get the correct driver letting the printer not work at all or work with an inferior generic driver.
[Test Case]
If you do not have one of the mentioned printers, create a file named /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend containing the line
echo 'direct usb://EPSON/EP-801A "EPSON EP-801A" "EPSON EP-801A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-801A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-801A;" ""'
and make iot world-readable and -executable:
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend
This emulates an Epson EP-801A printer on USB, at least for CUPS' printer discovery facility.
Start system-config-printer and click the "Add" button. In the printer setup wizard choose the Epson EP-801A under the detected printers. There will pop up "Searching driver" messages several times but in the end the manual make/model/driver selection screen appears as system-config-printer was not able to find a driver for this printer.
With the proposed packages for Utopic and Trusty a driver is find via OpenPrinting ("epson-escpr") and offered for download. Accepting this leads to the driver being installed (and the Debian package repository at Epson being locally registered for future updates by Ubuntu's update mechanism) and afterwards automatically being assigned to the new print queue. The user is only asked for setting the queue name and comments before the wizard completes.
[Regression Potential]
Regression potential is low, as the fix consists of several small, independent changes, and most of them are not hit if the newly added printer is supported by a locally available driver. |
The transition from Python2 to Python3, the replacement of the OpenPrinting web server by a new VM running Ubuntu 12.04 instead of 10.04 (which was done bevause the old VM was completely overloaded and so contributed a part of the inability to auto-install drivers), and code restructuring in system-config-printer has broken automatic driver package download at several points. This is now fixed in the Vivid package of system-config-printer but (at least part) of the fixes needs to get backported to Utopic and Trusty, for which I have posted this bug report.
[Impact]
With the OpenPrinting web server change (Utopic, Trusty) and the transition to Python3 (Utopic) automatic driver download stopped working. So users of Utopic and Trusty who connect a printer only supported by a downloadable driver package listed at OpenPrinting (mostly newer Epson inkjets but also new PostScript/PCL printers from Ricoh and OEM, Samsung, ...) will not get the correct driver letting the printer not work at all or work with an inferior generic driver.
[Test Case]
If you do not have one of the mentioned printers, create a file named /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend containing the line
echo 'direct usb://EPSON/EP-801A "EPSON EP-801A" "EPSON EP-801A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-801A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-801A;" ""'
and make iot world-readable and -executable:
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend
This emulates an Epson EP-801A printer on USB, at least for CUPS' printer discovery facility.
Start system-config-printer and click the "Add" button. In the printer setup wizard choose the Epson EP-801A under the detected printers. There will pop up "Searching driver" messages several times but in the end the manual make/model/driver selection screen appears as system-config-printer was not able to find a driver for this printer.
With the proposed packages for Utopic and Trusty a driver is find via OpenPrinting ("epson-escpr") and offered for download. Accepting this leads to the driver being installed (and the Debian package repository at Epson being locally registered for future updates by Ubuntu's update mechanism) and afterwards automatically being assigned to the new print queue. The user is only asked for setting the queue name and comments before the wizard completes.
[Regression Potential]
Regression potential is low, as the fix consists of several small, independent changes, and most of them are not hit if the newly added printer is supported by a locally available driver. |
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| 2014-12-12 10:33:41 |
Bruno Nova |
bug |
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added subscriber Bruno Nova |
| 2014-12-12 21:19:42 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/vivid-proposed/system-config-printer |
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| 2014-12-12 21:44:19 |
Till Kamppeter |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2014-12-15 15:47:33 |
Till Kamppeter |
description |
The transition from Python2 to Python3, the replacement of the OpenPrinting web server by a new VM running Ubuntu 12.04 instead of 10.04 (which was done bevause the old VM was completely overloaded and so contributed a part of the inability to auto-install drivers), and code restructuring in system-config-printer has broken automatic driver package download at several points. This is now fixed in the Vivid package of system-config-printer but (at least part) of the fixes needs to get backported to Utopic and Trusty, for which I have posted this bug report.
[Impact]
With the OpenPrinting web server change (Utopic, Trusty) and the transition to Python3 (Utopic) automatic driver download stopped working. So users of Utopic and Trusty who connect a printer only supported by a downloadable driver package listed at OpenPrinting (mostly newer Epson inkjets but also new PostScript/PCL printers from Ricoh and OEM, Samsung, ...) will not get the correct driver letting the printer not work at all or work with an inferior generic driver.
[Test Case]
If you do not have one of the mentioned printers, create a file named /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend containing the line
echo 'direct usb://EPSON/EP-801A "EPSON EP-801A" "EPSON EP-801A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-801A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-801A;" ""'
and make iot world-readable and -executable:
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend
This emulates an Epson EP-801A printer on USB, at least for CUPS' printer discovery facility.
Start system-config-printer and click the "Add" button. In the printer setup wizard choose the Epson EP-801A under the detected printers. There will pop up "Searching driver" messages several times but in the end the manual make/model/driver selection screen appears as system-config-printer was not able to find a driver for this printer.
With the proposed packages for Utopic and Trusty a driver is find via OpenPrinting ("epson-escpr") and offered for download. Accepting this leads to the driver being installed (and the Debian package repository at Epson being locally registered for future updates by Ubuntu's update mechanism) and afterwards automatically being assigned to the new print queue. The user is only asked for setting the queue name and comments before the wizard completes.
[Regression Potential]
Regression potential is low, as the fix consists of several small, independent changes, and most of them are not hit if the newly added printer is supported by a locally available driver. |
The transition from Python2 to Python3, the replacement of the OpenPrinting web server by a new VM running Ubuntu 12.04 instead of 10.04 (which was done bevause the old VM was completely overloaded and so contributed a part of the inability to auto-install drivers), and code restructuring in system-config-printer has broken automatic driver package download at several points. This is now fixed in the Vivid package of system-config-printer but (at least part) of the fixes needs to get backported to Utopic and Trusty, for which I have posted this bug report.
[Impact]
With the OpenPrinting web server change (Utopic, Trusty) and the transition to Python3 (Utopic) automatic driver download stopped working. So users of Utopic and Trusty who connect a printer only supported by a downloadable driver package listed at OpenPrinting (mostly newer Epson inkjets but also new PostScript/PCL printers from Ricoh and OEM, Samsung, ...) will not get the correct driver letting the printer not work at all or work with an inferior generic driver.
[Test Case]
If you do not have one of the mentioned printers, create a file named /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend containing the line
echo 'direct usb://EPSON/EP-801A "EPSON EP-801A" "EPSON EP-801A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-801A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-801A;" ""'
and make it world-readable and -executable:
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/lib/cups/backend/testbackend
This emulates an Epson EP-801A printer on USB, at least for CUPS' printer discovery facility.
Start system-config-printer and click the "Add" button. In the printer setup wizard choose the Epson EP-801A under the detected printers. There will pop up "Searching driver" messages several times but in the end the manual make/model/driver selection screen appears as system-config-printer was not able to find a driver for this printer.
With the proposed packages for Utopic and Trusty a driver is find via OpenPrinting ("epson-escpr") and offered for download. Accepting this leads to the driver being installed (and the Debian package repository at Epson being locally registered for future updates by Ubuntu's update mechanism) and afterwards automatically being assigned to the new print queue. The user is only asked for setting the queue name and comments before the wizard completes.
[Regression Potential]
Regression potential is low, as the fix consists of several small, independent changes, and most of them are not hit if the newly added printer is supported by a locally available driver. |
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| 2014-12-16 14:52:32 |
Chris J Arges |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Utopic): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2014-12-16 14:52:35 |
Chris J Arges |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2014-12-16 14:52:36 |
Chris J Arges |
tags |
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verification-needed |
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| 2014-12-16 15:35:23 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/system-config-printer |
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| 2014-12-16 20:26:58 |
Till Kamppeter |
tags |
verification-needed |
verification-done |
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| 2015-01-09 17:09:07 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2015-01-10 08:56:36 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): status |
Fix Committed |
In Progress |
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| 2015-01-10 08:58:14 |
Till Kamppeter |
tags |
verification-done |
verification-done-utopic verification-failed-trusty |
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| 2015-01-14 15:54:04 |
Launchpad Janitor |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Utopic): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2015-01-14 15:54:29 |
Chris J Arges |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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| 2015-01-14 16:10:06 |
Till Kamppeter |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2015-01-14 17:40:38 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2015-01-14 17:58:38 |
Till Kamppeter |
tags |
verification-done-utopic verification-failed-trusty |
verification-done-trusty verification-done-utopic |
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| 2015-01-29 21:22:14 |
Till Kamppeter |
system-config-printer (Ubuntu Trusty): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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