Bob, To clean up your machine lets try this;
go to the directory for the hplip tar ball that you downloaded from the hplip site. (ie /home/user/hplip-0.9.11) run: sudo make uninstall once this is completed, run: sudo rm -rf /usr/share/hplip This should put us at a fairly clean system. Removing hplip from synaptic seems somewhat temperamental, as it always wants to remove the ubuntu-desktop for some reason. Which could be a problem. Once we have removed the previous hplip install--in the same directory above (ie /home/user/hplip-0.9.11), run: make clean then: sudo apt-get install build-essential python2.4-dev python2.4-qt3 libcupsys2-dev libsnmp9-dev libjpeg62-dev lsb libtool automake1.9 libusb-dev then: ./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install sudo /etc/init.d/hplip restart sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart sudo hp-setup Then you should be up and running. The dependencies for dapper are different than breezy and the install instructions are in the process of being updated, and should be updated on the web with the next release of HPLIP, which should be soon. Hope this helps! Aaron Bob Etheridge wrote: > I am running Ubuntu Dapper on a 32 bit machine with an HP 932C printer > connected via USB. When I started to use Ubuntu the printer wasn't > working very well (very long wait times, it wouldn't turn on > automatically as in Windows, and it wouldn't do 2 sided printing). So I > started looking around on the various forums for advice, and got lots, > but unfortunately everyone had a different opinion. At last I > discovered the HPLIP web page. I compared the latest version (0.9.11) > to what came with my Ubuntu distro (0.9.7) and thought that perhaps I > needed to upgrade. > > I followed the instructions given (sometimes misleading and often > ambiguous) and I think I have 0.9.11 installed but it doesn't show up in > Synaptic Manager (still shows 0.9.7). I still have a number of problems > with the printer, so I am assuming that somewhere along the way I have > probably engaged in some typical newbie screwups. > > How do I go back to square one, wipe everything out, and start fresh? > (Remember you are talking to someone new to Linux but not to computers, > so don't make any assumptions that I know what you are talking about :-) > Do I really need 0.9.11 to make a 932C run properly? > > Once I know I have a clean install of the proper software, then perhaps > I can come back and ask for help on any specific problems that still remain. > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Bob _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
