[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 135947] New: KPrinter times out too fast when CUPS server slow to respond

[Thibaut Cousin]

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           Summary: KPrinter times out too fast when CUPS server slow to
                    respond
           Product: kdeprint
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-print-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: kde thibaut-cousin net


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

My CUPS version is 1.1.23. I have a small local network. The printer is on the server (shared) and my client computer uses CUPS with a client-only configuration. Everything is configured correctly and usually works fine.

But sometimes, when the load is very high on my network, CUPS on the server is slow to respond to requests (five seconds or more).

The problems is that KPrinter isn't patient. It times out after a mere two or three seconds with a message saying that it could not get the list of printers. In those circumstances:
- Printing directly with lpr still works.
- Printing from another computer (with Mac OS X, also using CUPS) works.
- KPrinter suddenly works again when the network load is back to normal.

I couldn't find any option to change the time out value in KPrinter.

Thanks for your attention.