[wxPython-users] ?meaning of this error message and how to find cause

[Chris Mellon]

On 1/11/07, Richard Terry <rterry at internode.on.net> wrote:
> For some time now, every time I run one of my .py files, I get the following
> message coming up in the terminal:
>
> ** (python:2889): WARNING ** IPP request failed with status 1030
>
> This doesn't happen with most of my other files. This particular one does link
> to a postgres database (as do others without the message).
>
> I"m not sure where to look to find the problem or how to start? The message
> keeps cycling.
>
> Any pointers?
>
> Kernel is 2.6.17
> wxPython is 2.8.01
> python is 2.4.4
>
> Thanks
>
> richard

The error is coming from CUPS, the printing subsystem, and it's
because CUPS isn't finding a default printer when it's initialized by
the wx printing architecture. It can be safely ignored, and has been
fixed in more recent versions of Gtk.