[Bug 368977] Re: KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings

[Peter Lemieux]

I believe the problem has to do with file permissions.  It seems like
you can set the configuration as an ordinary user and have it persist
even through logout and re-login, but rebooting the machine destroys the
saved configuration.  For the moment I've "fixed" the problem by using
kmenuedit to require root permissions for the "Printer Configuration"
app.  That approach created configuration files that persisted through
rebooting.

In addition a small announcement box flashes up on the screen when you
first save as an ordinary user, but it appears for only an instant so I
can't tell what it says.  I'm guessing it's reporting an error.  I also
get errors like these upon launch in .xsession-errors:

kcmshell(3619) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath:
"findServiceByDesktopPath: kcm-scpk.desktop not found"

(kcm-scpk is the Python script that executes when you run Printer
Configuration.)

I've only recently come to Ubuntu from RedHat/Fedora and was surprised
not to be required to have root privileges when configuring printers.
As an ordinary user I should only be able to write to $HOME and /tmp.  I
don't see any new files in those places when I run the Printer
Configuration utility under my ordinary username.

I'm going to file a bug under system-config-printer-kde since I think
the problem concerns how the KDE application works that may not occur
with GNOME Ubuntu.

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KDE4 "forgets" printer status / settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368977
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