On 2008-05-12, Cpt (aka Cor Takken) <cpt@cpt1.nospampleasedemon.nl> wrote:
> Cpt (aka Cor Takken) wrote:
>> After much deliberation I have bought a printer, to replace my faithfull
>> but worn out HP760C. It is supported on Linux (HP P1005) and I even
>> managed to download the hplip-2.8.4 and followed the default
>> installation. Which ofcourse failed miserably because Slackware is not
>> in the list of distributions and then the /etc/rc.d library is not found
>> or such and such.
>>
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> Now I have recompiled my kernel to include the USB not as module, but
> included in the kernel.
>
> Still no cigar:
> hpijs: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation
> not permitted
> hpijs: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
> hpijs: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open
> hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1005?serial=BC02GNE
>
> (and ofcourse the usblp0: removed)
>
> Even with the now available 2.8.5 HPLIP. I get an [ OK ] for HPLIP
> but a [FAILED] for HPSSD I doesn't really say why though. I understand
> that for 12.0 and up the HPLIP does not need deamons to run, but what it
> doesn't say is what the replacement is (if any) for 11.0.
>
> Can anybody help me?


There are a few things that the newer versions of hplip require but which
are not in Slackware 11.0 (dbus-python, for one, which requires dbus,
which is also not in 11.0), and the rc.hplip init script is obsolete now,
and it seems like there were some other humps along the way. What I'm
trying to say is this: unless you've followed the development of hplip
*and* Slackware since what shipped in 11.0, you're probably fighting a
losing battle trying to make it work there. It's certainly not impossible,
but it will require a *LOT* of time, effort, and knowledge, and those
things aren't free.

-RW