Bug#491325: gnome-desktop-environment: Gnome unstable doesn't find printers

David Raymond raymond at kestrel.nmt.edu
Fri Jul 18 16:03:48 UTC 2008


Package: gnome-desktop-environment
Version: 1:2.22.2~2
Severity: normal


I upgraded from etch to sid and all gnome applications I have tried
(including epiphany, eog, and evince) can now only print to a file.
In etch all printers available in /etc/printcap were usable.  I used
lprng in etch, but in the upgrade cups got installed as well.  I'm
more familiar with lprng, so I removed all the cups-related packages,
thinking that destructive interference might be going on.  However,
the above problem existed both before and after this removal.  I can
print in sid to any printer in printcap using lprng from applications
like gv or xpdf, or directly from the command line.

I tried poking around to see what was wrong, but printing in gnome is
pretty opaque.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment depends on:
ii  alacarte                   0.11.5-1      easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  bug-buddy                  2.22.0+dfsg-2 GNOME Desktop Environment bug repo
ii  cheese                     2.22.3-2      A tool to take pictures and videos
ii  deskbar-applet             2.22.2.1-1    universal search and navigation ba
ii  desktop-base               4.0.7         common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  dmz-cursor-theme           0.4.1         Style neutral, scalable cursor the
ii  ekiga                      2.0.11-2.1    H.323 and SIP compatible VoIP clie
ii  epiphany-browser           2.22.3-1      Intuitive web browser - dummy pack
ii  epiphany-gecko [gnome-www- 2.22.3-1      Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck
ii  evince                     2.22.2-1      Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  evolution                  2.22.3.1-1    groupware suite with mail client a
ii  evolution-data-server      2.22.3-1      evolution database backend server
ii  fast-user-switch-applet    2.22.0-1      Applet for the GNOME panel providi
ii  file-roller                2.22.4-1      an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gcalctool                  5.22.3-1      A GTK2 desktop calculator
ii  gconf-editor               2.22.0-1      An editor for the GConf configurat
ii  gdm                        2.20.7-1      GNOME Display Manager
ii  gnome-about                2.22.3-1      The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-backgrounds          2.22.0-1      a set of backgrounds packaged with
ii  gnome-core                 1:2.22.2~2    The GNOME Desktop Environment -- e
ii  gnome-keyring              2.22.3-1      GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii  gnome-media                2.22.0-2      GNOME media utilities
ii  gnome-menus                2.22.2-2      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet     2.12.1-2      Network status applet for GNOME 2
ii  gnome-nettool              2.22.0-1      network information tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-network-admin        2.22.0-2      GNOME Network Administration Tool
ii  gnome-power-manager        2.22.1-1      frontend for gnome-powermanager
ii  gnome-screensaver          2.22.2-1      GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gnome-system-monitor       2.22.3-1      Process viewer and system resource
ii  gnome-system-tools         2.22.0-2      Cross-platform configuration utili
ii  gnome-themes               2.22.2-1      official themes for the GNOME 2 de
ii  gnome-user-guide           2.22.1-1      GNOME user's guide
ii  gnome-utils                2.20.0.1-2    GNOME desktop utilities
ii  gnome-volume-manager       2.22.1-1      GNOME daemon to auto-mount and man
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa         0.10.20-1     GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.20-1     GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.8-4      GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-tools        0.10.20-1     Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gtk2-engines               1:2.14.3-1    theme engines for GTK+ 2.x
ii  gucharmap                  1:2.22.3-1    Unicode character picker and font 
ii  iceweasel-gnome-support [g 3.0.1-1       Support for GNOME in Iceweasel
ii  libgnome2-perl             1.042-1+b1    Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  libgnomevfs2-bin           1:2.22.0-4    GNOME Virtual File System (support
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra         1:2.22.0-4    GNOME Virtual File System (extra m
ii  nautilus-cd-burner         2.20.0-1      CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  seahorse                   2.22.3-1      GNOME front end for GnuPG
ii  sound-juicer               2.22.0-1      GNOME 2 CD Ripper
ii  swfdec-gnome               2.22.2-2      Tools to play SWF files (Macromedi
ii  totem-gstreamer            2.22.2-3      A simple media player for the GNOM
ii  totem-plugins              2.22.2-3      Plugins for the Totem media player
ii  totem-xine                 2.22.2-3      A simple media player for the GNOM
ii  vinagre                    0.5.1-1       VNC client for the GNOME Desktop
ii  vino                       2.22.2-1      VNC server for GNOME
ii  zenity                     2.22.1-1      Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment recommends:
pn  fam                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-accessibility           1:2.22.2~2 The GNOME desktop environment -- a
ii  gnome-games                   1:2.22.3-1 games for the GNOME desktop

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment suggests:
ii  evolution-exchange         2.22.3.dfsg-1 Exchange plugin for the Evolution 
pn  gnome-audio                <none>        (no description available)
pn  gnome-dbg                  <none>        (no description available)

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