Bugzilla – Bug 795794
installing printer with yast, driver progress bar jump to 100% and drivers are not shown
Last modified: 2013-01-02 07:33:16 UTC
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 opensuse 12.2 and KDE 4.9.4 on laptop sony vaio VPCEH2N1E This is a bug that is not reproducible when you want, but it is definitely reproducible if the progress bar behaviour is like example b). it happens to me about 2 times on 3 in average when you install a printer by yast, i doesn't depend on printer, it doesn't depend on driver, I only tested on network printer connection. a)when printer installation works (1 time on 3): a1-click on yast>printer>add a2-a progress bar (detecting printer) start, a3-another progress bar (receiving printer driver information) start, fill up to 60% then suddenly to 100% a4-the add new printer configuration window appear a5-click on connection wizard>select TCP port>insert IPaddress>leave TCPport 9100>click on test connection>result is OK>click OK on test>select a printer manufacturer>click OK on window a6-the add new printer configuration window appear again a7-in "find and assign a driver" beside "search for" the printer manufacturer appear and in the space below a list of drivers appear a8-I choose my driver, click OK, and printer works ok with the same printer in the same conditions with the same laptop b)when printer installation doesn't works (2 time on 3): b1-click on yast>printer>add b2-a progress bar (detecting printer) start, a3-another progress bar (receiving printer driver information) start, fill up to 4% then suddenly to 100% b4-the add new printer configuration window appear b5-click on connection wizard>select TCP port>insert IPaddress>leave TCPport 9100>click on test connection>result is OK>click OK on test>select a printer manufacturer>click OK on window b6-the add new printer configuration window appear again b7-in "find and assign a driver" beside "search for" the printer manufacturer appear and in the space below NO DRIVERS, TOTALLY EMPTY, EVEN IF I CHANGE THE PRINTER MANUFACTURER, OR EMPTY PRINTER MANUFACTURER AND CLICK ON FIND MORE b8-I cannot choose my driver and cannot install the printer, even if in the previous b-7 I choose "driver packages" and choose a ppd driver that works for that printer thnx, ciao, pier :-) Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
(In reply to comment #0) > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 > Firefox/17.0 > > opensuse 12.2 and KDE 4.9.4 on laptop sony vaio VPCEH2N1E > > This is a bug that is not reproducible when you want, but it is definitely > reproducible if the progress bar behaviour is like example b). > > it happens to me about 2 times on 3 in average when you install a printer by > yast, i doesn't depend on printer, it doesn't depend on driver, I only tested > on network printer connection. > Hi~ pier,thank you for your report,could you please help to provide y2logs according to the following URL? http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Report_a_YaST_bug Thanks.
Created attachment 518209 [details] /var/log/YaST2 taken 2012dic24 here is the /var/log/yast2 folder, compressed, the date when this bug popped up should be dec19-20-21.... about:-), merry christmas, ciao, :-) pier :-)
(In reply to comment #2) > Created an attachment (id=518209) [details] > /var/log/YaST2 taken 2012dic24 > > here is the /var/log/yast2 folder, compressed, the date when this bug popped up > should be dec19-20-21.... about:-), merry christmas, ciao, :-) pier :-) Thx,Pier. Would you please reset the status of bug report to new after I needinfo you next time?
Your initial desription in comment#0 indicates that it is a duplicate of bnc#727911 and in your attachment #518209 [details] the files y2log and y2log-1.gz contain "lpinfo: Success" which shows that it is really a duplicate of bnc#727911 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 727911 ***