Bug#627323: gnome-control-center: Printers control panel is misleading when no printers are available.
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Thu May 19 14:53:50 UTC 2011
Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.0.1.1-1
Severity: normal
This system has no printers configured.
When i open gnome-control-center and choose the "printers" control
panel, the right-hand pane has an icon of a printer, titled "Printer",
and underneath it says "Printing..." (Location, Model, and IP Address
are all "---"). I'm attaching a screenshot of the dialog.
Of course, there is no actual "Printer", and it is not "Printing..."
so this text is misleading and makes the control panel seem
unreliable.
Perhaps the right-hand pane needs some special display to handle the
case where no printer is selected.
Regards,
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-rc7-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.10-1 query and manipulate user account
ii apg 2.2.3.dfsg.1-2 Automated Password Generator - Sta
ii desktop-file-utils 0.15-2 Utilities for .desktop files
ii gnome-control-center-da 1:3.0.1.1-1 configuration applets for GNOME -
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.30.2-2 Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.0.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbol 3.0.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme (symbolic
ii gnome-menus 2.30.3-2+b1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.0.0.1-1 daemon handling the GNOME session
ii gsettings-desktop-schem 3.0.1-1 GSettings deskop-wide schemas
ii libatk1.0-0 2.0.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.13-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.26-3 Gtk+ 3.0 helper for playing widget
ii libcanberra0 0.24-1 a simple abstract interface for pl
ii libcomerr2 1.41.12-4 common error description library
ii libcups2 1.4.6-5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.8-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.92-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.4-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.32.1-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.4.6-5 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.23.3-3 GDK Pixbuf library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-control-center 1:3.0.1.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii libgnome-desktop-3-0 3.0.0-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-menu2 2.30.3-2+b1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnomekbd7 3.0.0.1-1 GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii libgnutls26 2.10.5-1+b1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.9+dfsg-1+b1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii libgtk-3-0 3.0.8-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtop2-7 2.28.3-1 gtop system monitoring library (sh
ii libk5crypto3 1.9+dfsg-1+b1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C
ii libkrb5-3 1.9+dfsg-1+b1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libnm-glib4 0.8.999-1 network management framework (GLib
ii libnm-util2 0.8.999-1 network management framework (shar
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-6 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.101-4 PolicyKit Authorization API
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 0.9.22-1 PulseAudio client libraries (glib
ii libpulse0 0.9.22-1 PulseAudio client libraries
ii libstartup-notification 0.12-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.10-1 abstraction for power management -
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.3-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxi6 2:1.4.2-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxklavier16 5.1-1 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2+b1 GNOME XML library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii gnome-session 3.0.0-2 GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 3 se
ii gnome-user-guide 2.30.1-1 GNOME user's guide
ii iso-codes 3.25.1-1 ISO language, territory, currency,
ii mousetweaks 2.30.2-1 mouse accessibility enhancements f
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.101-2 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-3 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa [gstreamer 0.10.34-1 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad [gs 0.10.22-2 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good [g 0.10.29-2 GStreamer plugins from the "good"
ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio [gst 0.10.29-2 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii libcanberra-gtk-module 0.24-1 translates Gtk+ widgets signals to
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.6+2 X server utilities
ii xscreensaver 5.13-1 Automatic screensaver for X
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