hp-setup fails to download the plug-in for HP-P1505 laser printer

Hi-
Thanks for helping me to install my printer.

I'm running Debian Lenny amd64 version and installing the HP-P1505 printer.
My problem sounds similar to the one Ajith had on 2008-04-28. When I use hp-setup, I get as far as the point where the plug is supposed to download, but the process gets frozen there at "ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: '2.8.6b'"

c2d:/home/bob# hp-setup -g
hp-setup[30734]: debug: param=

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.6b)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 7.2

Copyright (c) 2001-8 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.

Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Using system locale: en_CA.UTF-8
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Trying to load .qm file for en_CA.utf8 locale.
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Name of .qm file: hplip_en_CA.qm
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Using default 'C' locale
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Loading pixmap 'prog.png' from /usr/share/hplip/data/images/48x48
hp-setup[30734]: debug: ******************** showPage(ConnectionPage) ********************
hp-setup[30734]: debug: --> ConnectionPage
hp-setup[30734]: debug: ******************** showPage(ProbedDevicesPage) ********************
hp-setup[30734]: debug: ConnectionPage --> ProbedDevicesPage
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Updating probed devices list...
hp-setup[30734]: debug: usb
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Probing bus: usb
hp-setup[30734]: debug: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1505?serial=CA85274
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Cache miss: hp_laserjet_p1505
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Reading file: /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Searching for section [hp_laserjet_p1505] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Found section [hp_laserjet_p1505] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[30734]: debug: {'hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1505?serial=CA85274': ('HP LaserJet P1505', 'HP LaserJet P1505 USB CA85274 HPLIP', 'MFG:HP;MDL:HP LaserJet P1505;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet P1505;SN:CA85274;')}
hp-setup[30734]: debug: {'copy-type': 0, 'scan-type': 0, 'fax-type': 0, 'scan-style': 0, 'model1': 'HP LaserJet P1505 Printer', 'tech-type': 3, 'support-ver': '2.8.2', 'io-support': 2, 'pcard-type': 0, 'io-mode': 1, 'usb-vid': '03f0', 'r0-agent1-sku': '36A', 'color-cal-type': 0, 'support-released': 1, 'fw-download': 1, 'job-storage': 0, 'panel-check-type': 0, 'tech-class': ['LJm1005'], 'status-dynamic-counters': 0, 'support-type': 2, 'pq-diag-type': 0, 'align-type': 0, 'r-type': 0, 'icon': 'HP_LaserJet_1012.png', 'tech-subclass': ['Normal'], 'status-battery-check': 0, 'r0-agent1-type': 1, 'plugin': 1, 'usb-pid': '4117', 'linefeed-cal-type': 0, 'status-type': 8, 'io-mfp-mode': 6, 'embedded-server-type': 0, 'clean-type': 0, 'r0-agent1-kind': 4, 'power-settings': 0}
hp-setup[30734]: debug: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1505?serial=CA85274
hp-setup[30734]: debug: ******************** showPage(PPDPage) ********************
hp-setup[30734]: debug: ProbedDevicesPage --> PPDPage
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Reading config file installer/distros.dat
hp-setup[30734]: debug: []
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Reading config file installer/distros.dat
hp-setup[30734]: debug: []
hp-setup[30734]: debug: Plugin.conf url: http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf
Checking for network connection...
hp-setup[30734]: debug: /usr/bin/wget --timeout=10 http://www.google.com
hp-setup[30734]: debug: --2008-10-20 12:05:34-- http://www.google.com/
Resolving www.google.com... 72.14.205.147, 72.14.205.103, 72.14.205.99, ...
Connecting to www.google.com|72.14.205.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://www.google.ca/ [following]
--2008-10-20 12:05:34-- http://www.google.ca/
Resolving www.google.ca... 72.14.205.147, 72.14.205.103, 72.14.205.104, ...
Reusing existing connection to www.google.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `index.html.18'

    [ <=> ] 5,746 --.-K/s in 0.005s

2008-10-20 12:05:35 (1.06 MB/s) - `index.html.18' saved [5746]

hp-setup[30734]: debug: wget returned: 0
Downloading configuration file from: http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/hplip/ui/pluginform2.py", line 154, in actionPushButton_clicked
    self.plugin_download_callback)
  File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 1643, in get_plugin_info
    url = plugin_conf_p.get(self.plugin_version, 'url')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/ConfigParser.py", line 511, in get
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: '2.8.6b'

I ran hp-check -t, with the output pasted below;

It mentions three errors or warnings
1. "Checking SIP version...
error: SIP not installed or version not found."
When I check my debian repository I don't find a program named SIP, but I do have SIP4 installed.

2. "Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
error: NOT FOUND OR FAILED TO LOAD! Please reinstall HPLIP and check for the proper installation of scanext."
I reloaded HPLIP using my package manager Synaptic. This did not help things.

3. "Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.3.8
error_log is set to level: warn"

I left this alone since I am quite sure its the failure to download the plug-in that is the problem.

c2d:/home/bob# hp-check -t
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.6b)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.0

Copyright (c) 2001-8 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.

Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper
dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).

Saving output in log file: hp-check.log

Initializing. Please wait...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

Basic system information:
Linux c2d.localhost 2.6.25-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 14 11:05:23 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
debian testing

HPOJ running?
No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.5.2 installed

Checking PyQt version...
OK, version 3.17 installed.

Checking SIP version...
error: SIP not installed or version not found.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.3.8
error_log is set to level: warn
note: For troubleshooting printing issues, it is best to have the CUPS 'LogLevel'
note: set to 'debug'. To set the LogLevel to debug, edit the file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf (as root),
note: and change the line near the top of the file that begins with 'LogLevel' to read:
note: LogLevel debug
note: Save the file and then restart CUPS (see your OS/distro docs on how to restart CUPS).
note: Now, when you print, helpful debug information will be saved to the file:
note: /var/log/cups/error_log
note: You can monitor this file by running this command in a console/shell:
note: tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.82.4

------------------------------------
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------------------

note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).

Checking for dependency: cups - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: cups-ddk - CUPS driver development kit...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: cups-devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: dbus - Message bus system...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module....
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt - Qt interface for Python...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: python-ctypes - A foreign function library for Python...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: python-dbus - Python bindings for dbus...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: python-devel - Python development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.

----------------------
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
----------------------

Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 2.8.6b currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=2.8.6b

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/HTML
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
internal-tag=2.8.6.20b

-------------------------------
| DISCOVERED PARALLEL DEVICES |
-------------------------------

No devices found.

--------------------------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
--------------------------

  Device URI Model
  ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------
  hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1505?serial=CA85274 HP LaserJet P1505

---------------------------------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------

pdf-printer
-----------
Type: Unknown
Installed in HPLIP?: No, not using the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: cups-pdf:/
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/pdf-printer.ppd
PPD Description: HP DeskJet 500 Foomatic/pcl3 (recommended)
Printer status: printer pdf-printer is idle. enabled since Sun 18 Nov 2007 11:44:15 PM EST
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.

----------------------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
----------------------

'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 virtual device

---------------------
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
---------------------

Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
error: NOT FOUND OR FAILED TO LOAD! Please reinstall HPLIP and check for the proper installation of scanext.

-----------------
| USB I/O SETUP |
-----------------

Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...

HP Device 0x3f17 at 006:002:
    Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1505?serial=CA85274
    Device node: /dev/bus/usb/006/002
    Mode: 0664

-----------
| SUMMARY |
-----------

error: 3 errors and/or warnings.

Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html

Done.
c2d:/home/bob#