[Solved] system-config-printer fails

[SillyKirby]

All, when i open the printing icon in system, nothing happens. when i run:
system-config-printer from a terminal I get:

silly@wrentit:~$ system-config-printer
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 6944, in <module>
focus_on_map)
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 6892, in main
print_test_page, focus_on_map)
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 822, in __init__
self.populateList()
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 1472, in populateList
default_emblem = theme.load_icon (def_emblem, w/2, 0)
glib.GError: Icon 'emblem-default' not present in theme

Anyone know how i can get past this glib error? thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: system-config-printer fails

Version of Kubuntu and version of KDE you are running?

[SillyKirby]

Re: system-config-printer fails

Sorry, i just upgraded to Karmic Koala, 9.10 and for KDE: Version 4.3.2 (KDE 4.3.2).
I don't know if i had the problem with Jaunty Jackalope since i only discovered it when i tried to install a networked HP 6300 printer. I installed my old HP 6P LazerJet in Jaunty and it is still installed and working via a usb port.
Any ideas, do you need more info? thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: system-config-printer fails

Just to be sure, open a console and type:

groups

Are you a member of the lpadmin group?

[SillyKirby]

Re: system-config-printer fails

Mr. SnowHog: yup, i am a member of that group:

silly@wrentit:~$ groups
silly adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

[askrieger]

Re: system-config-printer fails

The actual problem (following your traceback) SEEMS to be the absence of a particular icon in a particular icon set. My guess would be that when you upgraded, that icon (or maybe that icon theme) was omitted. I would try to change the icon theme in "SystemSettings>General>Appearance>Icons>Theme . This is obviously a very low risk change.

[SillyKirby]

Re: system-config-printer fails

askrieger, U got it! When i looked at the themes available there were three: oxygen, gnome and crystal-svg. When i looked in each of those themes in /usr/share/icons/ only gnome had a image file named emblem-default.png

silly@wrentit:/usr/share/icons/gnome$ sudo find . -name emblem-default* -print
./24x24/emblems/emblem-default.png
./22x22/emblems/emblem-default.png
./scalable/emblems/emblem-default.icon
./scalable/emblems/emblem-default.svg
./8x8/emblems/emblem-default.png
./16x16/emblems/emblem-default.png
./32x32/emblems/emblem-default.icon
./32x32/emblems/emblem-default.png

So i changed the theme to gnome, and system-config-printer worked fine showing both my printers, albite with some odd icons. but who cares. I suppose when i restart i will have a gnome look rather than oxygen, but who cares, not me. Thanks,

[askrieger]

Re: [Solved] system-config-printer fails

Of course, you can copy that icon (in all the required sizes) into the icon theme that you'd really prefer to use. A quick check indicates that several icon themes have an */emblems/ directory, even though most of them are empty.