Re: No GTK app can see my configured CUPS printers, what package should I file against?
> On 15 Sep 2025, at 13:24, Patrick Plenefisch <simonpatp@gmail.com> wrote:
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> As per the subject, if I try to print in any GTK application, the GTK print dialog is blank except for the print to pdf option. If an application uses GTK without the dialog (Firefox), it can find the printers, but can't enqueue jobs. All QT/KDE applications can see and print to all configured CUPS printers just fine, as can standard cli tools.
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> This is a regression since upgrading from Debian 12 to Debian 13, but I'm not sure which package to file this bug against.
Hi Patrick,
A quick web search reveals similar issues in other distros, albeit historically, with varying solutions.
A nixos user found installing gtk+3-cups solved their problem but there is no such package, nor anything like it, that I can see in apt list on Trixie.
Someone else found the colord service was not running, and starting it solved the issue.
Does that work for you?
Does starting affected programs from the terminal with strace shed any light on what's (not) happening?
Best wishes,
Gareth
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