Comment 3 for bug 196429

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 08:59:14PM -0000, TerryG wrote:
> Thanks for your helpful bug report. Was this after a fresh installation
> of Gutsy or after updates? As a general rule, Linux uses /etc/hosts to
> enumerate specific machines on the local network including printers. I
> don't know if CUPS adds this entry automatically. I usually add it
> manually, knowing that many things in Linux break without having
> accurate /etc/hosts entries.

You are a much more trusting person that I.

I did an install from the 7.10 CD. As a part of the install process
it upgraded 188 packages.

At this point I can add the /etc/cups/client.conf file and
things will work/break as I describe.

I had manually added the client.conf.

Perhaps if one uses the printer configuration tool it does the
right thing.

Hang on while I find out.

Wow, the printer configuration hangs.

I did a 'Goto Server'
put in the IP, user, and password.
Now its hung.

I have to admit that so long as you are working with names
that resolve properly within the domain things work fine.

The ban on the use of IP addresses without reverse mapping
is unique to the GTK print dialog and the system printer configuration.

Everywhere else an IP address without reverse mapping works fine.

The various forms of hanging/crashing are probably undesirable.

> Marking as Confirmed to preserve your comments.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Confirmed
> configurator dies.