Ubuntu
system-config-printer package

annoying modal dialog

Bug #175766 reported by crf on 2007-12-12

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	system-config-printer (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

There is an annoying dialog that interferes with other applications while system-config-printer searches for printer drivers.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/system-config-printer

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crf (chrisfahlman) wrote on 2007-12-12:

ModalDialog.png Edit (148.5 KiB, image/png)

The picture shows system-config-printer's searching for drivers dialog partially obscuring the active application firefox.

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Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik) wrote on 2007-12-18:

Thanks for pointing this out. This should probably be fixed using a future global notification applet.

Changed in system-config-printer:
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Confirmed

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Tim Waugh (twaugh) wrote on 2007-12-20:

I've checked in a fix for this: revision 1791.

Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) on 2007-12-20

Changed in system-config-printer:
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2007-12-21:

This bug was fixed in the package system-config-printer - 0.7.78+svn1792-0ubuntu1

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system-config-printer (0.7.78+svn1792-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
     o Subversion snapshot r1792
     o Fixed crasher bugs: LP: #149393, LP: #159212, LP: #173115, LP: #175500.
     o Behave gracefully if CUPS is not running.
     o Do not force waiting windows to be on top of other application's
       windows (LP: #175766).

-- Till Kamppeter <email address hidden> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:21:48 +0000