system-config-printer not writing configuration ?

[Kam Leo]

On 7/19/05, Reuben D. Budiardja <techlist at pathfinder.phys.utk.edu> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 10:41, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:17:28AM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> <snip>
> > Well, you have to restart cups with 'service cups restart' before the
> > changes are picked up.
> 
> Yes, now that you mentioned it, I can't remember if I did that or not, maybe
> not.
> 
> > But system-config-printer should be doing both of these steps:
> > rebuilding the configuration, and restarting cups.  I wonder what was
> > stopping it.
> 
> I found another FC 3 machine, set up the printers from there (also to test to
> make sure my print server on Redhat machine works fine). Then I exported the
> setting:
> /usr/sbin/system-config-printer-tui --Xexport > settings.xml
> and import the conf. in the FC 4 box:
> /usr/sbin/system-config-printer-tui --Ximport < settings.xml
> 
> After restarted cups, the printers works fine, and apps can see the printers.
> 
> So that solves the problem for me. But it still doesn't explain why
> system-config-printer fails in the first place.
> 
> Thanks for your help / respond.
> 
> RDB
> 
> > Tim.
> > */
> 
> --
> Reuben D. Budiardja
> Dept. Physics and Astronomy
> University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
> 

You may have run afoul of this bug: http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L301