Bug#530263: system-config-printer: Searching for printer drivers: finds driver but then empty download list view on next page

[Guido Günther]

Hi Tony.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 02:49:46PM +0100, Tim Muller wrote:
> Package: system-config-printer
> Version: 1.0.0-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> I hope this is the right package to file this bug against.
> 
> I have a Samsung ML-1210 printer. By default debian does not seem to include a driver for this printer.
> 
> If I select 'Search for a printer driver to download' it finds a driver for the
> printer, but when I select it and click the 'Forward' button to download it,
> the list view is empty and there is nothing for me to select or do, even though
> the label at the top says 'For the printer you have selected there are drivers
> available for download'.
> 
> In short, the 'Search for a printer driver to download' functionality
> seems to be broken for me.
> 
> Please let me know if there is any further information you need.
> 
> You can find a screencast here, in case my description wasn't very good:
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~tpm/debian-search-for-printer-driver-fail.gif
> (note that the network is up and running and working despite what the
> network-manager applet icon would suggest.)
Can you reproduce this with s-c-p 1.2.3 from Squeeze?
Cheers,
 -- Guido