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system-config-printer package

system-config-printer missing from menus

Bug #841817 reported by Lionel Le Folgoc
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Mackenzie Morgan

Bug Description

Hi,

/usr/share/applications/system-config-printer.desktop contains:
OnlyShowIn=Unity;

I only wanted to remind you that Unity is not the only desktop environments whose users would like to configure printers. And also, that Unity is not the only gtk based desktop environment in the Ubuntu archive (I know, this seems unlikely, but believe me, it's true, there's something called "universe", and there are several packages in there ;-).

I can't really understand what you tried to achieve with this OnlyShowIn (not show it in GNOME? KDE? -- in such cases, NotShowIn was more appropriate), but this looks rather wrong. Now it's probably impossible to add printers using Xubuntu...
Please fix it.

Thanks.

Related branches

lp:~maco.m/ubuntu/oneiric/system-config-printer/desktop-change
Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
Diff: 27 lines (+8/-1)
2 files modified
debian/changelog (+7/-0)
debian/patches/05_menu_entries.patch (+1/-1)
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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

I can confirm that Xubuntu no longer has any method available to easily add any printer. Please change the .desktop file as soon as possible to allow users to have their printers again. Since this recent change in Oneiric, all printers disappeared for Xubuntu users.

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: desktop-file
Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)
tags: added: bitesize
Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)
Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The idea was to let GNOME use the GNOME3 control-center dialog, we don't want to use it under Unity because the GNOME one is still feature limited compared to system-config-printer, NotShowIn=GNOME should work though

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

I think that'd be NotShowIn=GNOME,KDE

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package system-config-printer - 1.3.6+20110831-0ubuntu2

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system-config-printer (1.3.6+20110831-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Change system-config-printer.desktop.in from OnlyShowIn:Unity
    to NotShowIn:KDE so it works for Xubuntu, GNOME, etc. (LP: #841817)
 -- Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:17:12 -0400

Changed in system-config-printer (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco) wrote :

It would be nice if the Printing Icon would be avaiable from the Settings Manager Window. Many users will look there for setting up their printers.

Best Regards

Francesco

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote : Re: [Bug 841817] Re: system-config-printer missing from menus

I don't know what the settings manager window is (or even whether you're
talking about Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Xubuntu), but that would be a separate bug
report.

Maco

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Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco) wrote :

Settings Manager window is the actual control panel in Xubuntu

Francesco

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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

I am happy we can now add a printer to Xubuntu Oneiric. If it really is a concern where this is in the menu (it has been in System for many releases), please file a new bug for moving it in the Xubuntu menu system.

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Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco) wrote :

@ Charlie Kravetz, Mackenzie Morgan:

I wasn't thinking about a movement of the icon from the System Menu to the "Xfce Control Panel", but about having both because a user would expect to find a Printer Manager in the Control Panel, and it will look more complete as well. I've made a quick mockup you can see below.

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Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco) wrote :

Signaled as bug #844479:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-utils/+bug/844479

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