Hi, this bug is caused by more arguments than argument specifiers in formatted string. Imho adding pid to the formatted string is obsolete because bug function in hpfax adds pid to the message itself. After removal of pid, call to bug function works as expected.
** Patch added: "hplip-hpfax-importerror-print.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/616450/+attachment/5190541/+files/hplip-hpfax-importerror-print.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/616450 Title: hpfax crashed with TypeError in <module>() Status in HPLIP: Incomplete Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: hplip I had to restart in secure mood, tho fix problems with the nvidiadrivers, and then this bug came ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: hplip 3.10.6-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.20-generic 2.6.35 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 11 19:54:42 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6 Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused MachineType: System manufacturer P5QL-E Papersize: a4 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-14-generic root=UUID=b67e01ec-1845-4d7a-a6c0-ba6df646e66e ro single ProcCmdline: python /usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF8 PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax'] SourcePackage: hplip Title: hpfax crashed with TypeError in <module>() Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax", line 86, in <module> bug("Error importing HPLIP modules: %s\n" % (pid, e)) TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0801 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5QL-E dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 2.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0801:bd10/14/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5QL-E:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QL-E:rvrRev2.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5QL-E dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/616450/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

