Public bug reported: When trying to add a network printer, gnome-control-center will segfault. Steps to reproduce:
1) Open gnome-control-center, click "Printers". 2) Click "Add New Printer" 3) Wait for network printers to populate the list 4) Select printer, eg FS-C5150DN, click "Add". 5) segfault (or presented with "Printers" is not responding force quit dialogue) This is not limited to just a Kyocera printer, Brother and HP both If I run from the command line: :~$ gnome-control-center (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/scp-dbus-service exited with status 1 (gnome-control-center:4960): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_bus_get_sync: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: Failed to get session bus: (null) (gnome-control-center:4960): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: Installation of the new printer failed. Segmentation fault (core dumped) I'll spin up a vm w/ a clean install to confirm. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu43 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.18-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 9 13:11:17 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-01 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130930) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1237527 Title: gnome-control-center segfault on network printer add To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1237527/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs