LKBEN11485: Printer driver list freezes on ubuntu 20.04
Symptom
You want to change a driver for one of the installed printers and the printer driver dialog box takes forever
Cause
This is because you did not start as sudo
Solution
The following dialog box is used for additional printer settings:
When you try to change the driver for one of the printers by clicking on "Change"
This window will appear and will take forever.
The solution to the problem is to open a shell and enter the following command:
sudo system-config-printer --debug
You do not need the debug at the end but it doesn't harm.
This will show you the same dialog box as before but the drivers will be found.
sudo system-config-printer --debug
Pick the right driver and your printer is installed.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 07.01.2021 | Comment: