Robby Workman wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>> <snip>
>> 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 which is also not in 11.0), and the rc.hplip init script is obsolete now,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
Hmmmmm.... well would something as radical upgrading to 12.1 help, as in
saving a lot of work, time and effort?

Cor