system-config-printer hangs halfway through
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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system-config-printer (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Did System Settings -> printers -> add -> find network printer, selected my printer, typed in my password... and it hung.
Rebooting and retrying gave same results.
ps shows
dank 1649 0.0 0.2 615088 23396 ? Ssl 16:11 0:00 /usr/lib/
dank 2294 0.3 1.4 1146332 115808 ? Sl 16:11 0:03 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/
dank 3222 0.0 0.2 289168 18800 ? Sl 16:14 0:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/
dank 5555 0.0 0.0 13696 2208 pts/6 S+ 16:29 0:00 grep --color=auto print
dank@winky:~$ ps augxw | grep dpkg
root 3443 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/2 ZN+ 16:15 0:00 [dpkg] <defunct>
root 3444 0.0 0.0 4476 856 pts/2 SN+ 16:15 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/
root 3446 0.0 0.2 63152 18288 pts/2 SN+ 16:15 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/
root 3448 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/2 ZN+ 16:15 0:00 [dpkg-preconfigu] <defunct>
/var/log/
Start-Date: 2016-01-04 16:10:39
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-
Install: rpm2cpio:amd64 (4.12.0.
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
End-Date: 2016-01-04 16:10:40
Doing 'sudo apt-get install rpm2cpio lsb-multimedia libpod-plainer-perl rpm-common lsb-languages lsb-core lib32z1 lsb-graphics rpm librpm3 lsb-cxx lsb-desktop debugedit pax openprinting-
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/
dpkg: error processing package lsb-core (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dank@winky:~$ sudo fuser -v /var/cache/
/var/cache/
Killing 3446 didn't help, something just retried the operation.
Killing install-
No idea why dpkg was originally unhappy.
This may be a dup of bug 1307917.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: system-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jan 4 16:34:06 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-23 (134 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: Acer Aspire E5-573G
PackageArchitec
Papersize: letter
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: system-
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-27 (38 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V1.07
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: ZORO_BH
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - A01 Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCo
dmi.product.name: Aspire E5-573G
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
Hello Dan, config- printer package. You made this bug report in 2015 and Ubuntu and the system- config- printer package have been updated since then.
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with the system-
Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1531035
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.
Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G
[Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager]