12.1 error with HP Laserjet P3010

[tamripoha]

I have recently removed opensuse 11.4 to install 12.1 on my Dell Inspiron 6400. However, on 12.1 i am unable to install HP Lasejet p3010 connected over network (which worked perfectly on 11.x series). I have used hp-setup as root from terminal and the errors I get are:

---

Found device: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series?ip=192.168.50.184
/warning: No PPD found for model laserjet_p3010_series using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm…
error: No PPD found for model laserjet_p3010 using old algorithm.
error: No appropriate print PPD file found for model hp_laserjet_p3010_series

---

Then I opted to browse for the ppd file and clicked the browse tab on the graphical interface of hp-setup. This yielded the following error messages on the terminal:

---

klauncher(5206) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
.
.
.startkdeinitlock(5196): Couldn’t start knotify from knotify4.desktop: "KLauncher could not be reached via D-Bus. Error when calling start_service_by_desktop_path:
Not connected to D-Bus server

---

Can anyone kindly help sort this issue?
Thanks

[martin_helm]

Am 27.01.2012 07:46, schrieb tamripoha:
> klauncher(5206) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have
> started the DBUS server.
> kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
How did you run as root?
Use

su -

do not omit the -

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4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram

[tamripoha]

Thanks a lot. I used the - after su. Once more hplip didn’t automatically detect the ppd file (which it could do for earlier versions of opensuse) and gave the error:

Found device: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series?ip=192.168.50.184
/warning: No PPD found for model laserjet_p3010_series using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm…
error: No PPD found for model laserjet_p3010 using old algorithm.
error: No appropriate print PPD file found for model hp_laserjet_p3010_series

However, the browse tab now worked and I manually selected the ppd file from /usr/share/cups/…

The printer is now working fine. However, it would be enlightening if you could explain how the - after su changes things and why hplip can’t find the ppd file by itself.
Thank you again.

[tamripoha]

I have somewhat understood the difference between su and su -. However, I earlier used to install printer from yast using hplip which could fish out the ppd file by itself but fails in doing so on opensuse 12.1 (through both yast and hpsetup run as root from terminal). Can anyone please explain the situation. Thank you

[knurpht]

@tamripoha

I have somewhat understood the difference between su and su -. However, I earlier used to install printer from yast using hplip which could fish out the ppd file by itself but fails in doing so on opensuse 12.1 (through both yast and hpsetup run as root from terminal). Can anyone please explain the situation. Thank you

Well, not what you want to hear, but I installed a P3010 on 12.1 this morning…Through running hp-setup as root. It was detected and configured like it should be. Could something else be wrong?

[pistazienfresser]

If the problem is related to hplip (and maybe missing dependencies) often

hp-check -r

will give more information.

See also:
SDB:How to set-up a HP printer > Troubleshooting - openSUSE wiki
for further information/sources of info.

Regards
Martin

[sid1950]

I stopped using the command line to install printers a long time ago. With HP all you need to do is make sure you have the latest version of hplip & hplip-hpijs installed - lokk in YaST and search for “hp”. If you have then you can use either YaST or CUPS to install the printer.

Currently I have a LaserJet 2300DN on wire ethernet, and a DeskJet 2050A on wireless. They are shared by this desktop (openSuse 12.1 KDE 4.7) two laptops (Ubuntu 11.04 & Win XP Pro) and a netbook (Ubuntu 10.04 NBR). Also a couple of installs of XP Pro (one on this desktop and one on the Ubuntu laptop) in VirtualBox VM’s. All the Linux boxes were done using either CUPS (on Ubuntu) or YaST (Suse) and no command line at all! I’m not against the command line, but if you are using a graphical desktop you should be able to do things like installing peripherals without it.

In fact I find installing printers on Linux with a GUI much easier than on any flavour of Windows up to and including 7, particularly with network printers.

[tamripoha]

I indeed used to install printers through yast but I turned to CLI for help when hplip failed this time on 12.1 on my machine.

I ran ‘hp-check -r’ first after doing su - and the output was:

hp-check -r

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3

Copyright (c) 2001-9 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 linux-8bon.site 3.1.0-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
suse 12.1

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.7.2 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.8.5 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.5.0
error_log is set to level: warn

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.2


------------------------
| RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------


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

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

Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.

Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.

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

Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.

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

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

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.


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


Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.11.10 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=3.11.10

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip
ppdbase=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs
doc=/usr/share/doc/packages/hplip
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/lib/cups/driver

# 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
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=no
cups-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=3.11.10
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no


Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables. 

[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0



Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
error: Could not access file: No such file or directory

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

No devices found.

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

 
ccnew1
------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series?ip=192.168.50.184
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/ccnew1.ppd
PPD Description: HP LaserJet P3010 Series Postscript (recommended)
Printer status: printer ccnew1 is idle.  enabled since Fri Jan 27 19:51:37 2012
Communication status: Good


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

'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
error: Not found. SANE backend 'hpaio' NOT properly setup (needs to be added to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf).

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
 
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).


---------------------
| 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...
OK, found.


 
---------------
| USER GROUPS |
---------------

root


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

error: 4 errors and/or warnings.

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


Done.

After that, I did the same as a user which gave me the following result:

futturi@linux-8bon:~> hp-check -r

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3

Copyright (c) 2001-9 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 linux-8bon.site 3.1.0-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
suse 12.1

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.7.2 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.8.5 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.5.0
error_log is set to level: warn

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.2


------------------------
| RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------


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

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

Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.

Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.

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

Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.

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

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

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.


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


Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.11.10 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=3.11.10

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip
ppdbase=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs
doc=/usr/share/doc/packages/hplip
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/lib/cups/driver

# 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
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=no
cups-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=3.11.10
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no


Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables. 

[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0



Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[installation]
date_time = 28/01/12 11:50:54
version = 3.11.10



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

No devices found.

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

 
ccnew1
------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series?ip=192.168.50.184
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/ccnew1.ppd
PPD Description: HP LaserJet P3010 Series Postscript (recommended)
Printer status: printer ccnew1 is idle.  enabled since Fri 27 Jan 2012 19:51:37 IST
Communication status: Good


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

'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
error: Not found. SANE backend 'hpaio' NOT properly setup (needs to be added to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf).

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
 
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).


---------------------
| 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...
OK, found.


 
---------------
| USER GROUPS |
---------------

users lp video


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

error: 4 errors and/or warnings.

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


Done.

Sorry, if I have posted irrelevant parts of the output. Does this in anyway indicate the problem with hplip on my machine?