Public bug reported: This seems to be unrelated to the existence or the permissions of the lock file (various, but not all combinations have been tested).
The limitation should be removed because it has no obvious purpose or if it has any purpose at all it should be revealed in a helpful error message. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: hplip (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-34.36-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode icp zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 30 19:09:49 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (415 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: hplip UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-17 (105 days ago) ** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660412 Title: hp-systray fails due to "error: Unable to open /home/[user]/.hplip/hp- systray.lock lock file." if ~/.hplip is a symlink To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1660412/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs