Printer no longer works after upgrading to v. 11.3

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#1

I upgraded my openSUSE 11.2 KDE to version 11.3, and now my Canon Pixma ip1800 Printer no longer prints. It appears to me that the upgrade may have removed one or more files that the printer needs, but I don’t know.

Regards,
Clifton

#2

Have a search of this

PIXMA iP1800

Looks like a tarball may be available from this site, but not rpm.

This thread may be helpful (different model, but same approach):

Canon MP600 driver missing in OpenSUSE 11.3

FWIW, I also found some rpm packages, but not sure if they’ll work for 11.3 or not:

Ubuntu eSnips Folder

#3

Thanks for the reply - I do have the necessary RPM Canon files and have used them to install them for Linux Distros, including openSUSE 11.2 - the problem is those RPMs were long installed for version 11.2, and the printer had been working fine, and I even went into a different Linux Distro today to make sure it was not some other problem, and the printer worked as expected;

The Printer worked fine in openSUSE 11.2 … but when I upgraded openSUSE to 11.3, that is when it began to no longer print. THANKFULLY, I did a backup of 11.2, so I may have to downgrade back to that if I can’t find the solution for 11.3.

Trying to ‘reinstall’ the RPMS, I get this:

root:~ # rpm -ivh /media/LinuxBUS/cabinet/Hardware/Printers/cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        gtk+ is needed by cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386

root:~ # rpm -ivh /media/LinuxBUS/cabinet/Hardware/Printers/cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        cnijfilter-common >= 2.70 is needed by cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386
        libgdk-1.2.so.0 is needed by cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386
        libgtk-1.2.so.0 is needed by cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386

It appears to me that the 11.3 upgrade has stripped these forementioned ‘dependencies’ from the system,

Regards,
Clifton

#4

Install them with a package manager (eg yast or zypper), and the dependant packages will be installed for you.

#5

Thank you so very much! The issue has now been solved.

For anyone else this happens to, that is the trick. Now, it would appear that there have been some file replacements with different names:

  • gtk+ -> libxml
  • libgdk-1.2.so.0 -> libcnbpcmcm312.so
  • libgtk-1.2.so.0 -> libcnbpess312.so

Maybe some symlinks have been created, don’t know, but printer is rocking now :slight_smile:

Thanks Again,
Clifton

#6

Glad to have been of help :slight_smile:

#7

On 2010-11-11 03:36, Star Gazer wrote:

> For anyone else this happens to, that is the trick. Now, it would
> appear that there have been some file replacements with different
> names:
>
> - gtk+ -> libxml
> - libgdk-1.2.so.0 -> libcnbpcmcm312.so
> - libgtk-1.2.so.0 -> libcnbpess312.so

No, those are not replacements, you must be confused.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)