[CentOS] system-config-printer wont start

[Alain Spineux]

try :

# /usr/sbin/alternatives --display print
print - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/bin/lpr.cups
/usr/bin/lpr.cups - priority 40
 slave print-lp: /usr/bin/lp.cups
 slave print-lpq: /usr/bin/lpq.cups
 slave print-lprm: /usr/bin/lprm.cups
 slave print-lpstat: /usr/bin/lpstat.cups
 slave print-cancel: /usr/bin/cancel.cups
 slave print-lpc: /usr/sbin/lpc.cups
 slave print-cancelman: /usr/share/man/man1/cancel-cups.1.gz
 slave print-lpman: /usr/share/man/man1/lp-cups.1.gz
 slave print-lpcman: /usr/share/man/man8/lpc-cups.8.gz
 slave print-lpqman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpq-cups.1.gz
 slave print-lprman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpr-cups.1.gz
 slave print-lprmman: /usr/share/man/man1/lprm-cups.1.gz
 slave print-lpstatman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpstat-cups.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/lpr.cups.

if the line

 link currently points to <something>

is missing, here is your problem

Look if cups is installed and if "alternative" is correctly set.

Regards



On 10/22/07, tblader <tblader at flambeau.com> wrote:
> Hello All.
> Anyone know what the cause of this error is in Centos 4?
>
> $ system-config-printer
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-printer", line 9, in ?
>     import queueTree
>   File "/usr/share/printconf/util/queueTree.py", line 1236, in ?
>     queueTree()
>   File "/usr/share/printconf/util/queueTree.py", line 138, in __init__
>     if cups_import.import_needed ():
>   File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 200, in import_needed
>     which = which_spooler ()
>   File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 195, in which_spooler
>     return which
> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'which' referenced before assignment
>
>
>
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