Re: [Dorset] Printouts from my HP 3520 Printer have suddenly got a solid blue background
On Friday, 22 February 2019 15:00:55 GMT Terry Coles wrote: > I've posted the content of the apt log to the Ask Ubuntu site above in > answer to the original question. The original poster has come back and said: 'The problem seems to be caused by an update to ghostscript. My ghostscript 9.26 was updated today. I tried another Linux system with an older version of ghostscript 9.26, and it worked nicely. I then updated ghostscript on that system, and then I got a blue background. How do I force the system back to the older (working) version of ghostscript?' I too would like to know how to roll it back and add the rider; what will it break if I roll back ghostscript without rolling back the other stuff. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Printouts from my HP 3520 Printer have suddenly got a solid blue background
On Friday, 22 February 2019 13:30:40 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > You are not alone. > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1120379/my-printer-adds-a-blue-background That must have been posted after I did my search today. > Not familiar with that one. What about /var/log/apt? That has a lot of info about upgraded packages since I last printed. Here is the relevant tail: Start-Date: 2019-02-21 16:01:29 Commandline: packagekit role='update-packages' Requested-By: terry (1000) Upgrade: libgs9:amd64 (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.5), ghostscript:amd64 (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.5), ghostscript-x:amd64 (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.5), libgs9-common:amd64 (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.5) End-Date: 2019-02-21 16:01:33 Start-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:04 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade Upgrade: libdns-export1102:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1) End-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:06 Start-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:09 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade Upgrade: libisc-export169:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1) End-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:10 Start-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:13 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade Upgrade: libisccfg160:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), libirs160:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), bind9-host:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), dnsutils:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), libisc169:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), liblwres160:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), libisccc160:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), libbind9-160:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1), libdns1102:amd64 (1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1) End-Date: 2019-02-22 09:22:16 > What's the package that provides HPLIP? What does `apt-cache policy > $packagename' show? Well not a lot that meant anything to me. I tried typing: apt-cache policy $packagename exactly as you provided it, but it didn't really show anything useful: apt-cache policy $packagename I then tried: apt-cache policy $hplip and got exactly the same. However, Synaptic informed me that HPLIP is provided by 3.18.7+dfsg1-2ubuntu2), but the changelog says it has not been changed since October. I see that dfsg appears in the apt log, but that is dfsg-3, not dfsg1. I'm not sure how relevant that is. I've posted the content of the apt log to the Ask Ubuntu site above in answer to the original question. I await results -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Printouts from my HP 3520 Printer have suddenly got a solid blue background
Hi Terry, > I tried to do another single page printout from LibreOffice Draw and > the drawing could be seen, but the background was deep blue. ... > a google for similar issues only throws up stuff from years ago. You are not alone. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1120379/my-printer-adds-a-blue-background > I've had a look in dpkg.log Not familiar with that one. What about /var/log/apt? What's the package that provides HPLIP? What does `apt-cache policy $packagename' show? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Linux bridging software for MTDfV
I for one find myself in the same boat and feeling similar frustrations Would be very interested to hear of any Linux solution Aidan On 22/02/2019 09:43, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi Come April all VAT returns to HMRC will need to be through a new digital portal. This is Making Tax Digital for VAT. Where existing software is not compatible, a option is to use "bridging software" which takes data from a file (e.g. in CSV format) and transfers it to the portal. It's only 6-7 numbers, so a huge amount of hassle and a portent of things to come. Unlike with RTI for PAYE, where HMRC provides a basic tool for small businesses (including a Linux version), for MTD they've left it to the market. So far, unsurprisingly, I've yet to find any Linux MTD bridging software. Which is ironic, as HMRC publish the API at https://github.com/hmrc/vat-api and from the dollar signs and references to Bash in the documentation it looks like this is being developed under some *nix and all the dependencies are FOSS (Scala, Java, SBT). Don't know if there's anyone else on the LUG in the same boat, looking for a Linux solution to this. Obviously it's possible to build a utility using the API but web development isn't my bag. Tim -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Linux bridging software for MTDfV
Hi Come April all VAT returns to HMRC will need to be through a new digital portal. This is Making Tax Digital for VAT. Where existing software is not compatible, a option is to use "bridging software" which takes data from a file (e.g. in CSV format) and transfers it to the portal. It's only 6-7 numbers, so a huge amount of hassle and a portent of things to come. Unlike with RTI for PAYE, where HMRC provides a basic tool for small businesses (including a Linux version), for MTD they've left it to the market. So far, unsurprisingly, I've yet to find any Linux MTD bridging software. Which is ironic, as HMRC publish the API at https://github.com/hmrc/vat-api and from the dollar signs and references to Bash in the documentation it looks like this is being developed under some *nix and all the dependencies are FOSS (Scala, Java, SBT). Don't know if there's anyone else on the LUG in the same boat, looking for a Linux solution to this. Obviously it's possible to build a utility using the API but web development isn't my bag. Tim -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
