I tried to do a couple of scans this evening, and got an error that my system needed a plugin to perform the scan.
All of my scan applications gave that error “plugin required”.
xsane was active for all pf the following:
It gave me 2 choices.
1- search on the web(I assume HP? )
2- install from local.
Since I don’t have that plugin ‘local’, I let it do the search.
Then a popup came up saying the plugin was ready, and ‘root’ password required.
I did that in xsane scanned. It was slow, (REALLY SLOW) but eventually the scan came through.
Did I mess up? Is there a system plugin that I could have installed from zypper or YaST?
Is there a way to make scans faster for this multi-function HP printer?
PS; I am just guessing the upgrade to Leap 15.2 took out the ‘plugin’ that was installed, since this is the first time I have scanned after the upgrade.
I open the HP utility, selected Scan, and it opened xsane.
So I guess the answer is no, unless hp-lip is different than the GUI HP utility in the menu.
Sorry all, I am late getting back because I have had other old age problems to contend with.
The susepaste I have included link to is only good for a week, Like the noobie I tend to be, I forgot to change it.
Here is that last part of hp-check log file. suse-paste would not allow me to post all of it. Too large, but the top half was mostly just information. https://susepaste.org/93063798
most of the ‘red’(missing) in my original output in terminal to me was the fact that the DBus was missing.
Yes I tried that, and the setup ended with asking me to if I wanted to add another queue.
Actually, originally I used YaST to install using hplip. That was way back in the original release of Leap 15.
I think I have the version that was installed with hplip. Not 100% sure however, but 95% sure
SO big question, Should I re-install hplip in YaST? OR???
YaST show some DBus’s are installed, but apparently not the one(s) needed.
Also YaST indicates hplip version 3.19.12 is installed, but my unit is not among the ‘supported’ units for that version per the following: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index
Mine is MFP M28 and it is way down in the 3-18.4 version of hplip.
MORE CONFUSION!
There are some warnings at the beginning of hp-check that I should have found yesterday, Sorry, that lot of text was confusing.
**HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.12)**
**Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1**
Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP 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).
Check types:
a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies
b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time)
c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies
d. [All are run-time checks]
PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION
Status Types:
OK
MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in
INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version
**warning: 3-15.2 version is not supported. Using 3-15.1 versions dependencies to verify and install...**
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| SYSTEM INFO |
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Kernel: 5.3.18-lp152.41-default #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 23:02:59 UTC 2020 (a4d139b) GNU/Linux
Host: linux-ipxi
Proc: 5.3.18-lp152.41-default #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 23:02:59 UTC 2020 (a4d139b) GNU/Linux
Distribution: 3 15.2
Bitness: 64 bit
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| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
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HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.19.12
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
**warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for 3 distro 15.2 version **
I am at a loss as to what hplip version I should have, why V3.19.12 is installed, and what I should do to correct if any!
THANKS for all that. But what about the missing DBus? Isn’t it also necessary?
What are the packages that show your name after the description?
Besides, on the desktop connected via USB cable it scans, albeit slowly. I can’t think of anything I want to scan from the network with either of the WiFi laptops because the printer is way far away from them.
But what about the missing DBus? Isn’t it also necessary?
I think its dbus-1-devel.
So please run hp-check once more as User, one time with the Printer connected via USB, one time with printer connected via Wifi.
You get a log in your /home/USERNAME called hp-check.log, which you have to save before you run hp-check with Wifi.
Save both files to a File-server or paste them on paste.opensuse.org and post the URL you get here.
NOTE: I both cases the printer unit was still connected to the desktop with a USB cable, but when I did the laptop check the desktop was shut down. I could ‘print’ from the laptop without hplip sine the printer is WiFi enabled.