diff -up system-config-printer-1.4.0/applet.py.DISPLAY system-config-printer-1.4.0/applet.py
--- system-config-printer-1.4.0/applet.py.DISPLAY	2013-03-27 12:19:07.000000000 +0000
+++ system-config-printer-1.4.0/applet.py	2013-04-11 15:33:03.102010436 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-## Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
 ## Author: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
 
 ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ except locale.Error, e:
     os.environ['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
     locale.setlocale (locale.LC_ALL, "")
 
-try:
-    from gi.repository import Notify
-except RuntimeError, e:
-    print "%s:" % DOMAIN, e
-    print "This is a graphical application and requires DISPLAY to be set."
-    sys.exit (1)
+from gi.repository import Notify
 
 APPDIR="/usr/share/system-config-printer"
 ICON="printer"
diff -up system-config-printer-1.4.0/scp-dbus-service.py.DISPLAY system-config-printer-1.4.0/scp-dbus-service.py
--- system-config-printer-1.4.0/scp-dbus-service.py.DISPLAY	2013-03-27 12:19:08.000000000 +0000
+++ system-config-printer-1.4.0/scp-dbus-service.py	2013-04-11 15:33:03.102010436 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## system-config-printer
 
-## Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
 ## Authors:
 ##  Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
 
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         _client_demo ()
         sys.exit (0)
 
+    Gtk.init (sys.argv)
     debugprint ("Service running...")
     loop = GObject.MainLoop ()
     g_killtimer = KillTimer (killfunc=loop.quit)
diff -up system-config-printer-1.4.0/system-config-printer.py.DISPLAY system-config-printer-1.4.0/system-config-printer.py
--- system-config-printer-1.4.0/system-config-printer.py.DISPLAY	2013-03-27 12:19:08.000000000 +0000
+++ system-config-printer-1.4.0/system-config-printer.py	2013-04-11 15:33:03.103010439 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
 try:
     from gi.repository import Gdk
     from gi.repository import Gtk
+    Gtk.init (sys.argv)
 except RuntimeError, e:
     print "system-config-printer:", e
     print "This is a graphical application and requires DISPLAY to be set."