On Tue 17 Mar 2026 at 12:26:07 (-0700), tom arnall wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM David Wright wrote: > > So summing up we have the following: > > > > A message /warns/ that in several years time new versions of Cups > > won't work with the current generation of printer drivers. > > > > Two openprinting links explain how and why Cups will make that > > transition. > > > > The OP runs cups 2.4.16-1, released back in December 2025. > > > > The OP upgraded hplip to 3.22.10+dfsg0-? (presumably > > 3.22.10+dfsg0-8.1), released back in April 2025. > > > > The OP can't print on an HP P1006 from a certain machine. > > We're not told which. > > > > The laptop can't print wirelessly to the printer, which doesn't > > appear to be a wireless printer anyway. > > > > Printing worked a few days ago. It's implied from linux, but > > but not by which machine and through what connection. > > > > A machine running Windows, presumably connected by USB, can print. > > > > It's not clear what's implied by "same machine". Does it refer back to > > the laptop? Or does it refer back to whatever was working a few days > > ago? Or does it refer forwards to the machine that's connected to the > > printer (ie "same" is redundant)? > > > > Or perhaps it's this scenario: the laptop should be able to print > > wirelessly via a router to a server connected to the (shared) printer, > > the server machine being able to run either Windows or linux. > > (Else why did the laptop try to print wirelessly?) > > > > "Can't print" is the only actual symptom that I see described here, > > so perhaps it doesn't really matter what refers to what. > > > > Yes, perhaps AI can see its way through all that. > > > i gave a very similar problem to codex and it saw that in about 10 minutes. > i just told it about the problem and it changed whatever on the system to > make the damn thing work.
If that's the way you want to run your system, fine. But I assume you were able to describe the symptoms of your problem to your AI friend, and had no use for this list. My post was actually about describing symptoms of a problem to people who are unable to make direct observations themselves, because they don't have the problematic system sitting in front of them. Cheers, David.
