Bug#775312: system-config-printer, #775312, aborts on not-found

hharrison at closeenough.com hharrison at closeenough.com
Thu May 7 20:05:58 UTC 2015


(Sorry, the editor in the bug report dialog threw me. Here's what I 
entered before being unable to figure out easily how to send it.)

Just installed debian live 8.0 i386 xfce with both printers connected 
and
turned on,
but neither recognized. Run "Print settings" HP 940C, parallel port 
added fine

Choose "add". Identified Brother HL 2280DW. Popup "Searching for drivers 
<Can>"

After 30 sec. or so--poof, no print settings window. I'm back to 
desktop.
Run same again. Same popup. This time I move popup around in case it's
covering something. Popup goes away, leaves the window it came from
hung and not redrawing on the desktop. I move it, there's a blank
"print settings" window underneath (left over from first run, I
don't think so).

I'll now search for a driver manually and figure how to install.
I expected at lease a "not found" message, but even better "I've looked
at X Y and Z on the Web and found no driver for the HL 2280DW. Would you
like to try a driver for HL 2260 which should print but doesn't have
scanner support? And (here's what to do if you need to
uninstall 2260)" or some part of all that.

Hal Harrison
Boca Raton, FL.



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