This is an old bug report. I tested in Ubuntu 10.04 and system-config-printer no longer crashes when cups is not running and gives an error message "failed to connect to server". Feel free to reopen if you still see this problem in Ubuntu 10.04 or higher.
** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173706 Title: system-config-printer.py crashed with AttributeError in populateList() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs