I have my OS13.1 freshly installed with all updates in place. Now I’m trying to get my printer up and running, but due to some security setting it is not allowing me to download the required proprietary driver. ( https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853405 ). I’ve updated my HPLIP to the latest version by using the repo provided on opensuse.org. But this has no effect, it still tells me that due to security risk, I’m not allowed to download the driver. I then downloaded HPLIP and ran the installer, but I’m still not able to get my driver downloaded correctly. Is there a location on the Internet where I may download the driver manually or are there other ways to get my printer going again?
On 2015-05-19 20:26, t neo wrote:
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> I have my OS13.1 freshly installed with all updates in place. Now I’m
> trying to get my printer up and running, but due to some security
> setting it is not allowing me to download the required proprietary
> driver. ( https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853405 ). I’ve
> updated my HPLIP to the latest version by using the repo provided on
> opensuse.org. But this has no effect, it still tells me that due to
> security risk, I’m not allowed to download the driver.
What the bugzilla says, and quite correctly, is that the feature that
allows hplip to automatically update from sourceforge has been disabled.
This is absolutely correct. Updates in openSUSE must be done via
zypper/yast.
If you want the upstream version, then you have to remove the openSUSE
package, and then download and install the upstream version on your own.
So, what is your real problem? Why do you want to upgrade to the
upstream version?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
To be able to print the printer needs the proprietary driver. This is not being downloaded with the given error that downloading is disabled.
On 2015-05-20 09:56, t neo wrote:
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> To be able to print the printer needs the proprietary driver. This is
> not being downloaded with the given error that downloading is disabled.
I repeat: you have to remove the distribution component and install the
upstream component manually, yourself. And then you are on your own.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Hi
You mean plugin, not driver… Open a terminal and switch to root user (not sudo) and run hp-setup. In the terminal window it will show the download url for the ‘plugin’. If it doesn’t download, then copy/paste the url in a browser and manually download then use the hp-setup program to install from a local source.
On 2015-05-20 13:46, malcolmlewis wrote:
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> t_neo;2710913 Wrote:
>> To be able to print the printer needs the proprietary driver. This is
>> not being downloaded with the given error that downloading is disabled.
> Hi
> You mean plugin, not driver… Open a terminal and switch to root user
> (not sudo) and run hp-setup. In the terminal window it will show the
> download url for the ‘plugin’. If it doesn’t download, then copy/paste
> the url in a browser and manually download then use the hp-setup program
> to install from a local source.
According to the bugzilla mentioned, on 13.1 the download feature was
intentionally disabled for security reasons.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Hi
And fixed as well as an update…?
Had a quick check and the files can be downloaded here;
https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/
On 2015-05-20 16:26, malcolmlewis wrote:
>> According to the bugzilla mentioned, on 13.1 the download feature was
>> intentionally disabled for security reasons.
>>
> Hi
> And fixed as well as an update…?
The fix was precisely to disable the downloading of updates by hplip
directly. I have not tested this, as I haven’t the need, though.
Instead, I have seen sometimes a message from the hp applet that it
could not update or something.
> Had a quick check and the files can be downloaded here;
> http://tinyurl.com/marf93o
Yes, that’s different.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))