HPLIP

/etc/init.d/hplip is broken

Asked by jdenman

On DIstribution OpenSuse 11.0 hplip won't start because all of the options in the script are to stop.
All options give the same message
"Since HPLIP 2.8.4 hpssd is gone. Stopping it in any case:"
python /usr/bin/hp-systray is running without anything on the tray or screen,
As a result, faxs can't be sent to the hp fax machine; it's broken

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

HPLIP 2.8.4 is very old. Please upgrade to the latest version of HPLIP and try faxing again.

Also, we stopped using the daemons all together after 2.8.4, or so.

Hope this helps.

Aaron

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jdenman (cashmere) said : 		#2

I have 3.9.6-15.pm.13 installed If I said otherwise, I made a mistake.
I believe that a reply came to me about 2.8.4, but I don't recall my
query that references the older version. I believe that the update this
last week from SuSE caused the problem and I have filed a report to
them.

Thanks,

Jack

On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 17:43 +0000, Aaron Albright wrote:
> Your question #74759 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/74759
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Aaron Albright proposed the following answer:
> HPLIP 2.8.4 is very old. Please upgrade to the latest version of HPLIP
> and try faxing again.
>
> Also, we stopped using the daemons all together after 2.8.4, or so.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Aaron
>
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Jack Denman <email address hidden>

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Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) said : 		#3

FYI:
From the RPM changelog for our hplip packages for
openSUSE 11.0:
-----------------------------------------------
- Updated to version 2.8.4:
  Elimination of all persistent startup daemons.
  The last daemon hpssd has been replaced with hp-systray.
...
- Adapted the hplip init script to provide backward compatibility:
  It still exists to avoid that printer/scanner setup tools fail
  when they try to enable the "hplip" service but all it does
  is to stop a possibly running hpssd.
-----------------------------------------------

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Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) said : 		#4

Regarding never HPLIP versions for openSUSE 11.0 see
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-04/msg00283.html
and
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-04/msg00506.html

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