On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > That's amazing...we just release 2.7.9 on Friday night. > > Can you do this. Open a web browser and use localhost:631 as the url. Then > find your printer in question and take a screen shot of the details. You > should be able to just click on printers at the top. > I've just discovered that I have also lost the ability to scan. I normally acquire from the GIMP, but when this failed to see the device I tried it from hplip. The error message was
Failed to open device `hpaio:net/Photosmart_C7100_series?ip=192.168.0.3; Invalid argument Anne > jh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:58 PM > To: Hosszu, John > Subject: Re: Lost print ability after accidental update > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > > You didn't download 2.7.9? Just updated the package? > > Yes - this was listed as hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 in Software Installer - > the gui for urpmi. > > Anne > > > jh > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:47 PM > > To: Hosszu, John > > Subject: Re: Lost print ability after accidental update > > > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, you wrote: > > > I missed that your printer was connect via network. Permissions in the > > > sense of 2.7.7 or 2.7.9 don't apply anymore. > > > > > > Which version of hplip are you running now. Now I'm confused. > > > > > > :) > > > > So am I :-) > > > > rpm -qa hplip > > hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 > > > > hp-check -t > > > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.9) > > Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 5.2 > > > > I think Mandriva often add patches to the existing package, rather than > > do a full new package. At least, that's how I understand it. > > > > Anne > > > > > jh > > > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, John Hosszu wrote: > > > >> Good Day Anne > > > > > > > > Hi, John. > > > > > > > >> Jumping from hplip 1.6.12 to 2.7.7 is a big jump. Its probably a > > > >> permissions issue with how hplip handles usb devices. > > > > > > > > I wouldn't have made such a jump intentionally. I managed to > > > > uninstall it and go back to 1.6.12, which had worked perfectly > > > > before. > > > > > > > > BTW, this is a networked JetDirect printer. > > > > > > > >> You have a couple options at this point. You can keep 2.7.7 or > > > >> update to 2.7.9. If you can update I would recommend that as the > > > >> permission changes in 2.7.9 are more user friends compared to 2.7.7. > > > >> If you want to keep 2.7.7 then please just post back > > > >> > > > >> $ hp-check -t > > > > > > > > Now that's really confused me: > > > > > > > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.9) > > > > Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 5.2 > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > Check the existence and versions of HPLIP dependencies. > > > > > > > > Usage: hp-check [OPTIONS] > > > > > > > > [OPTIONS] > > > > Set the logging -l<level> or --logging=<level> > > > > level: > > > > <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug > > > > (*default) Run in debug mode: -g (same as option: -ldebug) > > > > This help -h or --help > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > >> and we'll see where your system is at. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Thanks > > > >> > > > >> jh > > > >> > > > >> Anne Wilson wrote: > > > >>> cups-1.2.10-2.1mdv2007.1, hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1 > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm unsure whether this is a CUPS problem or an hplip problem. My > > > >>> HP Photosmart C7150 was printing nicely from two boxes and a > > > >>> laptop, on socket://192.168.0.3:9100. I installed hplip on this, > > > >>> my main workstation, and all was still well. > > > >>> > > > >>> About 5 days ago this box lost the ability to print. It may have > > > >>> been caused by an accidental update of hplip to 2.7.7. I noticed > > > >>> around that time, too, that I had lost the printer driver 7150, > > > >>> with only 7100 being offered. I have removed that version of hplip > > > >>> and returned to the original version, hplip-1.6.12-2mdv2007.1. > > > >>> I've checked that all looks, as far as I can tell, the same as on > > > >>> the laptop which still prints. I have the correct printer driver > > > >>> back, as well. > > > >>> Unfortunately, even after a complete restart, I still see every job > > > >>> reported by localhost:631/jobs as 'stopped'. > > > >>> > > > >>> Is it possible that something in the CUPS setup has been damaged? > > > >>> The two boxes that still print do not have hplip installed. Is > > > >>> that significant? > > > >>> If I catch it on the kde print manager I can see 'error' reported > > > >>> there. Does that give any clue to the location of the problem? > > > >>> > > > >>> Anne
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