Network printer goes missing after 1x print when IPv6 is disabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Using 20.04.1-latest and having disabled IPv6 @ /etc/sysctl.conf via the following settings:
net.ipv6.
net.ipv6.
net.ipv6.
When I open a .TXT using Libre Office Writer and print it, the first time it prints well.
If I then close LOW immediately after, open another .txt and print it I get "Could not start printer. Please check your printer configuration".
$ cat /var/log/
E [12/Sep/
E [12/Sep/
E [12/Sep/
E [12/Sep/
W [12/Sep/
W [12/Sep/
E [12/Sep/
E [12/Sep/
W [12/Sep/
W [12/Sep/
$
Also, the first document that I requested to be printed 1x copy will print a 2nd time without being asked.
The solution is to wait.
If I then close LOW and wait around 2-3 minutes then reopen that 2nd document and print it: it will print immediately and per requested.
Another thing to mention is everytime I am in LOW and CTRL+P I always see the print window pop-up alongside my Samsung printer in it. The error/duplicate
PS1: This of course occurs when using a LAN printer.
PS2: I did not installed any proprietary samsung binaries. Am instead using the default/vanilla network printer install that was done by UMC.
PS3: This problem has been around since at least 18.04 if not prior.
no longer affects: | ubuntu-mate |