Public bug reported: I attempted to use Gnome-Control-Center to install a USB-attached Canon MP280 printer and it failed.
I then proceeded to install the .deb packages using gdebi which were hidden inside the tar.gz package from http://support- nz.canon.co.nz/contents/NZ/EN/0100301402.html [incidentally the ./install.sh logic inside the tar.gz aiming to automate this process fails now that both rpm and deb are installed on Ubuntu - violating it's implicit assumptions]. I'm not sure if the MP280 driver was even needed, as I believe the same error was delivered by gnome-control-center before and after installing this package. The error from the console reads... (gnome-control-center:21465): printers-cc-panel-WARNING **: Installation of the new printer failed. However, I was disappointed to find that logging in to CUPS (localhost:631) and installing the printer that way worked first time. There's some kind of issue with gnome-control-center not being able to add the appropriate CUPS printer driver and it's impossible to tell what because of the terrible error reporting it provides (hiding the originating issue). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Nov 5 10:12:52 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-29 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131017) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.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: apport-bug i386 saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248105 Title: Gnome-Control-Panel fails to install functional Canon MP280 driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1248105/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
