Bug#751762: gnome-control-center: adding a printer in a large Windows network

[Sebastian Rittau]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.8.3-7+b1
Severity: normal

Hello,

I was just trying to add a print through gnome-control-center in a Windows
network with about 50 computers. Before I got to choose the printer, I was
presented with an authentication dialog for each of those computers, twice.
Since there was a noticeable delay (often several seconds) between each
of those dialogs, I had to click on "Cancel" for about ten minutes. After
that, gnome-control-center did freeze. No more dialogs, but also nothing else.
I could not click on anything in the control center dialog.

In the end I used CUPS's web interface, which presented me with the list of
all network printers in about a second.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.37-1
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2
ii  colord                     1.2.1-1
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.22-1
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.8.3-7
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.8.4-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-menus                3.8.0-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.8.5-2+b1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.8.2-2
ii  libaccountsservice0        0.6.37-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.12.0-1
ii  libc6                      2.19-1
ii  libcairo2                  1.12.16-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0         0.30-2
ii  libcanberra0               0.30-2
ii  libcheese-gtk23            3.12.0-1
ii  libcheese7                 3.12.0-1
ii  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0       1.5.2-2
ii  libcolord-gtk1             0.1.25-1.1+b1
ii  libcolord2                 1.2.1-1
ii  libcups2                   1.7.3-2
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.102-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.11.0-5
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.30.7-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   10.1.4-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.40.0-3
ii  libgnome-bluetooth11       3.8.1-3
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-7       3.8.4-2
ii  libgoa-1.0-0b              3.12.2-1
ii  libgoa-backend-1.0-1       3.12.2-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.12.2-1+b1
ii  libgtop2-7                 2.28.5-2
ii  libibus-1.0-5              1.5.6-4
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.12.1+dfsg-2
ii  libmm-glib0                1.0.0-5
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1            0.9.8.10-3
ii  libnm-glib4                0.9.8.10-3
ii  libnm-gtk0                 0.9.8.10-1
ii  libnm-util2                0.9.8.10-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.36.3-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.36.3-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.105-6
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    5.0-2
ii  libpulse0                  5.0-2
ii  libpwquality1              1.2.3-1
ii  libsmbclient               2:4.1.8+dfsg-1
ii  libsocialweb-client2       0.25.20-6
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.23-2+b2
ii  libwacom2                  0.8-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.6.2-2
ii  libxi6                     2:1.7.2-1
ii  libxml2                    2.9.1+dfsg1-3

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  cups-pk-helper         0.2.5-2
ii  gkbd-capplet           3.6.0-1
ii  gnome-online-accounts  3.12.2-1
ii  gnome-user-guide       3.8.2-1
ii  gnome-user-share       3.8.3-1
ii  iso-codes              3.54-1
ii  mesa-utils             8.1.0-2+b1
ii  mousetweaks            3.12.0-1
ii  network-manager-gnome  0.9.8.10-1
ii  ntp                    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3
ii  policykit-1-gnome      0.105-2
ii  rygel                  0.22.2-2
ii  rygel-tracker          0.22.2-2
ii  system-config-printer  1.4.3-4

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver        3.6.1-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio  1.2.4-1
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module   0.30-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-module  0.30-2
ii  x11-xserver-utils        7.7+2

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