Okay after having a successful re install of openSUSE on my system I am facing one big issue getting my wireless printer to work.
I have every tool imaginable too, from HPLIP, to an updated CUPS nothing seems to work to get my printer working.
Funny thing is this works with zero effort in both Ubuntu and even windows but not in openSUSE.
What kind of voodoo magic do I have to do to get this thing working I may ask?
Have you tried using ‘hp-setup’ to configure?
xdg-su -c hp-setup
Yes and nothing as it requires a cable and I dont have one for this printer.
Can I set it up without the cable? Or is openSUSE forcing me to go out an buy one, seems redundant as like I said all my other OS’s dont need me to use a cable.
Okay this is just plain lame, I dont get why I am having this issue but its here and I really dont want to waste money on a cable that should have came with my printer.
Heck even if I got said cable there is the possibility of this not working, and to be honest thats not worth the $10 I could pay for one.
So openSUSE may come off my computer once more sorry to say but I like things to you know… work.
I’m not familiar with your printing hardware, but I assume you have completed the wireless network configuration steps. (It should be possible to connect your printer to your wireless network from the front panel.)
Emotional comments like this will not attract the help you’re requesting. Please have patience until someone who can help responds.
Been there, done that.
Again seems redundant to do that just to get this all working, I already did what I was supposed to but openSUSE seems not to like this printer.
Well its sure as heck irritating, I just dont understand whats going on here as I did what I was supposed to and only openSUSE seems to have this issue right now.
I may try another distro to see if this happens there but this seems like a very specific issue to openSUSE right now
On 04/25/2014 12:36 PM, MadmanRB wrote:
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> deano_ferrari;2639081 Wrote:
>> I’m not familiar with your printing hardware, but I assume you have
>> completed the wireless network configuration steps. (It should be
>> possible to connect your printer to your wireless network from the front
>> panel.)
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> Been there, done that.
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> deano_ferrari;2639097 Wrote:
>> Refer to method II or III described here:
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>> http://hplipopensource.com/node/365
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> Again seems redundant to do that just to get this all working, I already
> did what I was supposed to but openSUSE seems not to like this printer.
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> deano_ferrari;2639084 Wrote:
>> Emotional comments like this will not attract the help you’re
>> requesting. Please have patience until someone who can help responds.
>
>
> Well its sure as heck irritating, I just dont understand whats going on
> here as I did what I was supposed to and only openSUSE seems to have
> this issue right now.
> I may try another distro to see if this happens there but this seems
> like a very specific issue to openSUSE right now
On the Device Discovery screen, select the Network/Ethernet/Wireless network
opption, not the Wireless/802.11 option. I am assuming that your printer is
connected to your AP. You will NOT need a USB cable. Then select Advanced
Options, select the Manual Discovery option, and enter the IP number for your
printer. Then “Next” and finish the configuration
Yeah I tried that too, unfortunately the printer doesnt want to work under openSUSE unless I buy as cable for it.
Guess another distro is in my future with this sadly.
Your choice, although I doubt that this is an openSUSE issue as such. Did you try the advanced options that ‘hp-setup’ offers for device discovery? If you can determine the current IP address of your printer (via front panel or alternative OS), then you should be able to configure by IP address…
xdg-su -c hp-setup <printer IP address>
You could also try discovering via printer name (but it may be necessary to drop your firewall temporarily to be successful).
Can you ping the printer successfully? (If not, you have a networking issue to sort even before trying to configure the printer.)
No I did all that and still nothing.
The bizarre part about this issue is that openSUSE uses hplip 3.13.10 and kernel 3.11.6 both are comparable to Ubuntu 13.10 and while in that I can get it working I cant in openSUSE so it must indeed be an issue with openSUSE.
I think the blame can probably go to CUPS but even that doesnt make sense as I updated CUPS.
Its not like I dont know what to do here, i did everything I was supposed to and heck even if I got HPLIP’s binary from HP’s main site I dont think it would have mattered because Ubuntu 13.10 used hplip 3.13.3 and thats an older version then the one featured in openSUSE.
Kernel? Ubuntu 13.10 and openSUSE share the same kernel after updates, both use the 3.11 series heck the one in Ubuntu again is older.
In fact the only thing newer in Ubuntu 13.10 is CUPS which is at 1.7.0 while the official one in opoenSUSE is at 1.5.4
Now I did try another repo for getting a newer version, I got CUPS 1.7.1 from this repo:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/repositories/home:jsmeix/cups154
I got the right repo, did a one click install, rebooted… nothing.
If there is anything else I need to do I dont know about it, maybe compiling but I am not good at compiling and i dont know the first thing about it.I am not a coder so I am stuck at square zero.
Trust me square one would be progress with this issue.
Again, could you ping the printer successfully by IP address (as currently shown on front panel)?
Yes I did try to ping it, if the printer was any more in operation it would have grown legs.
No results in openSUSE
But there is something else going on and I dont know what, is it the firewall?
does openSUSE block CUPS?
I pinged it on both windows and Ubuntu too went back to opensuse nothing.
If you can’t ping it successfully, it’s not a CUPS configuration issue. You need to sort the network connectivity first. Does the front panel (or your router) reveal the IP address? (ie is it assigned to your LAN subnet?)
But there is something else going on and I dont know what, is it the firewall?
For network discovery, you may want to disable it while configuring as I hinted at previously.
I pinged it on both windows and Ubuntu too went back to opensuse nothing.
I don’t quite understand. Can you successfully ping the printer via Windows/Ubuntu?
Yes yes and yes, opensuse was connected to the net and everything so its not that.
I could try another ping but I am not using opensuse right now and I will try a reinstall later.
I will post any laundry list of tests I preform next, wont be till tomorrow though as I have work and have no time tonight to install opoensuse.
When you post answers relating to commands, post the commands with output (using
...[/CO..] tags), so that others can see for themselves what was done and being reported. Otherwise we're playing guessing games.I’m not referring to the openSUSE machine. Your printer should also have an IP address in the same subnet as other machines on the LAN (ideally statically defined.) That’s why I would expect a ping response.
I also encountered an issue installing the HP Envy 5000 as a network printer on openSUSE Tumbleweed, Gnome 3.10. The fix was actually simple:
on openSUSE machine:
open ‘Print Settings’
unlock settings
click ‘Add’
on Printer:
scroll down to the ‘Wireless’ menu option and press ‘OK’
scroll down to the ‘View Wireless Details’ menu option, press ‘OK’
on openSUSE machine:
Select the ‘Find Network Printer’ option
Enter the IP address listed from the ‘View Wireless Details’ page
Click through dialogs to install additional needed drivers.