I upgraded from Slackware 11.0 to Slackware 12.0 and HPLIP stopped working.
Printed jobs are forever in a "Processing" state and hp-toolbox gives this: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a) HP Device Manager ver. 6.2 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. toolbox [ERROR]: Unexpected error in Device class. toolbox [FATAL]: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/share/hplip/ui/devmgr4.py", line 818, in ContinueDeviceListRefresh callback=self.callback) File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/device.py", line 575, in __init__ self.queryModel() File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/device.py", line 667, in queryModel self.xmitHpssdMessage("QueryModel", {'device-uri' : self.device_uri,}) File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/device.py", line 653, in xmitHpssdMessage payload, other_fields, timeout) File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/msg.py", line 165, in xmitMessage raise Error(ERROR_INTERNAL) Error: ('Unknown internal error', 99) hp-check reports this error: Checking for library dependencies... Checking for libsnmp... [ERROR]: Not found. However I think it is harmless, because this component is listed on web site as optional. /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp gives this: direct hp:/usb/Photosmart_C3100_series?serial=MY71ND432V04P9 "HP Photosmart C3100 series" "HP Photosmart C3100 series USB MY71ND432V04P9 HPLIP" "MFG:HP;MDL:Photosmart C3100 series;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Photosmart C3100 series;SN:MY71ND432V04P9;" Printer is listed by lsusb and was seen by system when switched on: Jul 17 23:00:28 penguin kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Jul 17 23:00:28 penguin kernel: usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jul 17 23:00:29 penguin kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x5611 Jul 17 23:00:29 penguin kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp Jul 17 23:00:29 penguin kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver Jul 17 23:00:30 penguin kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Jul 17 23:00:30 penguin kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jul 17 23:00:30 penguin kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Jul 17 23:00:30 penguin kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Jul 17 23:00:35 penguin kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access HP Photosmart C3180 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Jul 17 23:00:35 penguin kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Jul 17 23:00:35 penguin kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Jul 17 23:01:03 penguin hpiod: removing usblp driver interface=1 for hp:/usb/Photosmart_C3100_series?serial=MY71ND432V04P9 io/hpiod/device.cpp 504 Jul 17 23:01:03 penguin kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: removed Kernel version is 2.6.21-5 and I am using udev. I am out of ideas, please help. Please CC me, because I am not subscribed. Have a nice day. Stepan Roh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help