[Bug 49493] PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed

[Mark Lord]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdeprint

When adding new printers via Kubuntu-Dapper System-Settings --> printers panel, these messages appear in ~/.xsession-errors:
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ScimInputContextPlugin()
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LANGUAGE = "en_CA:en",
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LANG = "en"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0816e838 ***
Entity: line 2486: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document
  </printer>
            ^
printer 'HP-LaserJet_4P' not found!
kdeprint: WARNING: PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed
konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/mc.desktop
konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/sumc.desktop
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The add-printer dialog then "pretends" to fail with a popup "Unabled to
load the requested driver", but in fact the driver *was* loaded and
printing works if one continues with the rest of the dialogs.
Screenshot (to be) attached with more info inside it.

Cheers

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Attachment added: "screenshot of misleading "unable to load.." popup"
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/3025273/print_bug.jpg

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PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49493