On Wednesday 03 Oct 2007, you wrote: > Good Day Anne Hello again, John. > > Let's see if we can get you running. > > Lets try and walk through an install using the .run file. > > You can download the .run self extracting file here, > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/downloads.html > I already have it in my /home/anne/Downloads directory.
> > Then open a terminal and cd to the directory where you downloaded that > file. I did that, when I installed it before. It put everything in the Download directory. Is that really the best place, or should I move the file to /opt/? > Once there do a, > > $ sh hplip-2.7.9.run > > That will start the extract and such. It will run you through all > dependencies needed for hplip and get you running. Let me know if you run > into issues. You can also reference this page for some help, > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/install/index.html > > > Let me know how it goes. If all goes as I think it should you'll be up and > printing and scanning. > I went through without any errors, IIRC, so it should do again. I'll do the actual instal in the morning, though. Working late in the evening seems to make me have too many PEBCAKs :-) > Is you're printer the Photosmart 7150 or the C7150? This will help > determine what ppd file. > It's the Photosmart C7180 All-in-One. I'll report back in the morning. These time-zones are a nuisance :-) Anne > > > jh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:33 AM > To: Hosszu, John > Subject: Re: Lost print ability after accidental update > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > > That's amazing...we just release 2.7.9 on Friday night. > > rpm -qi hplip > Name : hplip Relocations: (not relocatable) > Version : 1.6.12 Vendor: Mandriva > Release : 2mdv2007.1 Build Date: Tue 30 Jan 2007 > 08:43:37 GMT > Install Date: Tue 02 Oct 2007 17:28:24 BST Build Host: n3.mandriva.com > Group : System/Servers Source RPM: > hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1.src.rpm > Size : 8816707 License: GPL/MIT/BSD > Signature : DSA/SHA1, Wed 28 Mar 2007 20:51:10 BST, Key ID > e7898ae070771ff3 Packager : Olivier Blin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/ > Summary : HP printer/all-in-one driver infrastructure > > > Can you do this. Open a web browser and use localhost:631 as the url. > > Then find your printer in question and take a screen shot of the details. > > You should be able to just click on printers at the top. > > > > jh > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:58 PM > > To: Hosszu, John > > Subject: Re: Lost print ability after accidental update > > > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > > > You didn't download 2.7.9? Just updated the package? > > > > Yes - this was listed as hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 in Software Installer - > > the gui for urpmi. > > > > Anne > > > > > jh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:47 PM > > > To: Hosszu, John > > > Subject: Re: Lost print ability after accidental update > > > > > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > > > > I missed that your printer was connect via network. Permissions in > > > > the sense of 2.7.7 or 2.7.9 don't apply anymore. > > > > > > > > Which version of hplip are you running now. Now I'm confused. > > > > > > > > :) > > > > > > So am I :-) > > > > > > rpm -qa hplip > > > hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 > > > > > > hp-check -t > > > > > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.9) > > > Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 5.2 > > > > > > I think Mandriva often add patches to the existing package, rather than > > > do a full new package. At least, that's how I understand it. > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > jh > > > > > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, John Hosszu wrote: > > > > >> Good Day Anne > > > > > > > > > > Hi, John. > > > > > > > > > >> Jumping from hplip 1.6.12 to 2.7.7 is a big jump. Its probably a > > > > >> permissions issue with how hplip handles usb devices. > > > > > > > > > > I wouldn't have made such a jump intentionally. I managed to > > > > > uninstall it and go back to 1.6.12, which had worked perfectly > > > > > before. > > > > > > > > > > BTW, this is a networked JetDirect printer. > > > > > > > > > >> You have a couple options at this point. You can keep 2.7.7 or > > > > >> update to 2.7.9. If you can update I would recommend that as the > > > > >> permission changes in 2.7.9 are more user friends compared to > > > > >> 2.7.7. If you want to keep 2.7.7 then please just post back > > > > >> > > > > >> $ hp-check -t > > > > > > > > > > Now that's really confused me: > > > > > > > > > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.9) > > > > > Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 5.2 > > > > > > > > > > Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > > > > > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > > > > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > > > > > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > > > > > > > > > Check the existence and versions of HPLIP dependencies. > > > > > > > > > > Usage: hp-check [OPTIONS] > > > > > > > > > > [OPTIONS] > > > > > Set the logging -l<level> or --logging=<level> > > > > > level: > > > > > <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug > > > > > (*default) Run in debug mode: -g (same as option: -ldebug) > > > > > This help -h or --help > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > >> and we'll see where your system is at. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks > > > > >> > > > > >> jh > > > > >> > > > > >> Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > >>> cups-1.2.10-2.1mdv2007.1, hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I'm unsure whether this is a CUPS problem or an hplip problem. > > > > >>> My HP Photosmart C7150 was printing nicely from two boxes and a > > > > >>> laptop, on socket://192.168.0.3:9100. I installed hplip on this, > > > > >>> my main workstation, and all was still well. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> About 5 days ago this box lost the ability to print. It may have > > > > >>> been caused by an accidental update of hplip to 2.7.7. I noticed > > > > >>> around that time, too, that I had lost the printer driver 7150, > > > > >>> with only 7100 being offered. I have removed that version of > > > > >>> hplip and returned to the original version, > > > > >>> hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1. I've checked that all looks, as far as I > > > > >>> can tell, the same as on the laptop which still prints. I have > > > > >>> the correct printer driver back, as well. > > > > >>> Unfortunately, even after a complete restart, I still see every > > > > >>> job reported by localhost:631/jobs as 'stopped'. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Is it possible that something in the CUPS setup has been damaged? > > > > >>> The two boxes that still print do not have hplip installed. Is > > > > >>> that significant? > > > > >>> If I catch it on the kde print manager I can see 'error' reported > > > > >>> there. Does that give any clue to the location of the problem? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Anne > > > > >>>
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