https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488097
--- Comment #2 from Massimiliano L <m.lince...@gmail.com> --- Thank you for the quick feedback! (In reply to Mike from comment #1) > When you select Add Printer, are you prompted to authenticate? No, I am not prompted for authentication. > Also, do you > have the package system-config-printer installed? I did not, now I have. But it seems to only provide an additional GUI for the same CUPS backend? > Can you post the output from the command: `lpinfo -v` (You may have to > elevate privileges) I get the following list: ----------------- file cups-brf:/ network beh network ipp network https network ipps network http direct hp network socket network lpd network smb direct hpfax ----------------- With or without sudo (only the order is different). > Note: The search button on "Manual Config" asks CUPS for printers at the > host address. If you know the printer address, you just type it in and > choose "Continue". If the address is just a scheme, CUPS returns local > printers by default, which we should probably ignore as it is bit confusing. OK, now I better understand how this works. I think part of the confusion arises from the fact that the "address" for CUPS can either be an individual networked printer o a CUPS host. The scroll menu with the search result appears only if something is returned, giving the impression that otherwise the "search button" is doing nothing. I think right now I can only add printers through another CUPS server and not directly as network printers, though. Note: I find a bit confusing to have "select printer" and "continue with address" above the address field / printer list, instead of below. > As far as the crashing, this is something unusual. You can turn on > debugging for the printer manager in KDebugSettings. Search "print" and > enable Full Debug for kcm and libkcups. You can than watch the log in a > terminal with `journalctl --user -f` to help narrow down what is crashing. I will as soon as I have the time to look again into this! In the meantime (now that I figured out how this window is supposed to work) I would classify this as UI/UX improvement rather than a bug. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
