[cups.bugs] Printer status: stopped. This is murder.

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Nov 29 23:51 Silviu Marin-Caea wrote (shortened):
> The actual solution to the problem is setting in /etc/cups-autoconfig.conf
> DisablePrintersOnRemoval=no
> The printer does not become "stopped" after being turned off.
> So, the real culprit is the cups-autoconfig package, not CUPS.

For those who wonder what the heck cups-autoconfig is, see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=337794#c25
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Since openSUSE 10.3 we have the new RPM "cups-autoconfig"
which contains a utility for auto-configuring USB printers
which is triggered by udev/HAL device events.
Note that this tool neither comes from the CUPS authors
nor is the RPM a sub-package of the cups RPM.
>From the CUPS's point of view it is a "third-party" tool.
It was introduced by our "Desktop" team/department to make
printing more convenient in particular for "Desktop" users.
....
For some background information, see
http://code.google.com/p/cups-autoconfig/
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Guess how much I like such "third-party" tools, in particular
when they make printing with HP printers a pain for our users:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334166


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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