Bug#865065: cups: Print Service Not Available -- debian-live-9.0.0-amd64-gnome

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

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On Mon 19 Jun 2017 at 11:44:05 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:

> Thank you for you report, brian.
> 
> 
> On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 18:01:56 -0600, brian@codemonkeyrawks.net wrote:
> 
> > Package: cups
> > Version: 1.7.5-11+deb8u1
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > Step 1:
> > Launch the live cd using debian-live-9.0.0-amd64-gnome. Gnome-Shell should be launched.
> > 
> > Step 2: 
> > Click the down arrow on the right > settings > printers.
> > 
> > Step 3: 
> > You will see that CUPS has failed to launch and gives a "Print Service Not Available".
> > 
> > This is not critical but if someone was trying to play with a printer using debian live they can't.
> 
> This does not look like a bug in cups. However, I do not know where to
> reassign the report or even whether there is an issue with the live
> image. Hence the CC to debian-live.
> 
> debian-live-9.0.0-i386-gnome.packages at
> 
>   https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/
> 
> does not list cups or any printer-driver packages. (Only the cinnamon
> image has them).

No reply on the -live list, so some help from you, brian, would be
appreciated. Open the ISO (I would use midnight commander) and look
at /live/filesystem.packages. I assume this is a list of packages a
debian-live-9.0.0-amd64-gnome would have.

What cups* and printer-driver-* packages are listed?

Regards,

Brian.