I have done a complete update of my Gutsy box again ("sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade") and after that the add-printer wizard works as designed. The PPDs and available printers are polled in the background while enterin queue name and description.
The bug was fixed by somethinf (library?). ** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- PPD lookup and printer auto-detection does not work as background thread https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128230 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs