system-config-printer-applet doesn't show up when printing

[Henry Gebhardt]

This is on a fresh Lubuntu 12.04 daily build from 2012-04-20 on qemu-kvm.

When printing, the system-config-printer-applet does not show up in the lxpanel systray.

There are two issues here:

  a. The system-config-printer-applet does not start automatically although it is enabled in "Desktop Session Settings".

  b. When I start it manually I get:

    $ system-config-printer-applet
    WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-2xPJXu/pkcs11: No such file or directory

It does not terminate, and does not show up in the systray when printing something.

The ~/.xsession-errors file contains a lot of polkit-related errors:

    $ cat .xsession-errors
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1176): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1176): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

For testing you can apt-get install cups-pdf as a virtual printer.

Thank you for your help.
Henry

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.8+20120201-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:
 W [22/Apr/2012:01:00:42 +0200] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:The name org.freedesktop.ColorManager was not provided by any .service files
 W [22/Apr/2012:01:00:42 +0200] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:The name org.freedesktop.ColorManager was not provided by any .service files
 W [22/Apr/2012:01:00:42 +0200] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:The name org.freedesktop.ColorManager was not provided by any .service files
CurrentDmesg: [ 140.451850] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1541) terminated with status 1
Date: Sun Apr 22 01:07:51 2012
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120420)
Lpstat:
 WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-2xPJXu/pkcs11: No such file or directory
 device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
MachineType: Bochs Bochs
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles: PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=ff1fde45-90ed-4f0a-9ba3-2776e1a24938 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Bochs
dmi.bios.version: Bochs
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Bochs
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnBochs:bvrBochs:bd01/01/2007:svnBochs:pnBochs:pvr:cvnBochs:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Bochs
dmi.sys.vendor: Bochs

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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