On Thursday 04 Oct 2007, Hosszu, John wrote: > No worries...thanks!.. > I don't know what has gone wrong now. I've tried twice, removing everything with the uninstall commands then re-installing from the run file. Both times the UI hasn't registered in the menu, and both times 'service hplip status' tells me that it can't find hplip.
I'll do nothing more until you've had time to think about this. Maybe it's time to try the .tar.gz, but I'll wait for your comments. Anne > jh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:49 AM > To: hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Hosszu, John > Subject: Re: [Hplip-help] Lost print ability after accidental update > > On Thursday 04 Oct 2007, Hosszu, John wrote: > > I just saw your post from the hp-check in the maillist. > > Sorry - sometimes I forget to 'reply to all'. > > > If you have not yet reinstalled....then do worry about doing all that. > > Too late :-) I had just removed it. It's currently re-running the .run > install, since that seemed OK, according to the hp-check. > > > Just > > kill the 'hpiod' process as its not needed. Make sure your 1.6.x package > > is not installed. > > I'm going to do a re-boot. as re-starting the printer hasn't brought up the > UI. I'll check then whether hpiod is running. chkconfig doesn't show it > as a controlled process. > > > Lets try this, remove all your cups queue's related to the C71xx > > OK - is it safe to leave the one used by the remote box, or will that not > be needed once we have this right? > > > and run as > > root, > > > > # hp-setup > > > > That will walk you through setting up a printer. See if that queue does > > what you need for your various apps. > > > > :) > > I'll be back in a few minutes with a progress report. > > Anne > > > jh > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:27 AM > > To: hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: Hosszu, John > > Subject: Re: [Hplip-help] Lost print ability after accidental update > > > > On Thursday 04 Oct 2007, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Thursday 04 Oct 2007, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > The install ran without any error messages. I can now scan. > > > > Unfortunately I still can't print. All jobs show up in localhost:631 > > > > as 'stopped'. Attempting to print a scanned image from Gimp shows the > > > > correct printer recognised, but I get the message > > > > > > > > lp: The printer or class was not found > > > > > > Correction - > > > > > > I can print from kmail. > > > > > > I cannot print from Gimp - error message as above. > > > > > > From Gwenview the file was created and sent to CUPS. It appeared > > > as 'processing' and disappeared. When I checked complete jobs it said > > > it had been cancelled. > > > > I have been attempting to gather information. This is what I've > > discovered so far; > > > > Although printing from kmail succeeded once, now all jobs are reported > > as 'stopped' > > > > Test page from localhost:631 succeeds > > > > Test page from kprinter: > > Photosmart_C7100 "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed" > > > > Test page from hplip fails > > > > Printerdrake says it uses GhostScript + hpijs (recommended) whereas hplip > > says foomatic + hpijs > > > > Manually set up printer on another box (working) shows Device: > > socket://192.168.0.3. > > Queue set up by hplip shows Device: > > hp:net/Photosmart_C7100_series?ip=192.168.0.3 > > > > Reset printer in Gimp - pointing to printer queue C7100 (set up by hplip) > > - succeeds > > > > service hplip status > > hpiod (pid 2279) is running... > > hpssd is stopped #Is this correct? > > > > I hope this gives some much-needed pointers :-) > > > > Anne > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > What next? Thanks > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > jh > > > > > > > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday 03 Oct 2007, Hosszu, John wrote: > > > > > >>> I already have it in my /home/anne/Downloads directory. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> 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/? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> This is fine. IF you want to be able to uninstall after this > > > > > >> just keep those files around anywhere you can remember. > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> 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 :-) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> No problem, whenever you get time. > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> It's the Photosmart C7180 All-in-One. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The C7100 series ppd file is what you need. > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> I'll report back in the morning. These time-zones are a > > > > > >>> nuisance > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> :-) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Again no problem. Its about 1:15pm here where I am as of sending > > > > > >> this. So whenever is good for you. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > Couldn't resist it :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > All went well, although I had to run as root because I moved the > > > > > > run file to /opt/. When it finished I could scan, but not print. > > > > > > > > > > > > I knew I shouldn't have done it at this time of night :-) I > > > > > > decided that I should remove all the printer queues from > > > > > > localhost:631 then run the install. I got > > > > > > > > > > > > warning: A previous install of HPLIP is installed and/or running. > > > > > > error: The previously installed version of HPLIP may conflict > > > > > > with the new one being installed. > > > > > > error: It is recommended that you quit this installer, and > > > > > > manually remove HPLIP before continuing. > > > > > > > > > > > > So I tried > > > > > > > > > > > > make uninstall > > > > > > make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'. Stop. > > > > > > > > > > > > This time I will definitely leave it until morning. Question is, > > > > > > though, what do I do now? > > > > > > > > > > > > It looks as though my attempts to help myself have just dug me in > > > > > > deeper > > > > > > > > > > > > :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne
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