I am trying to install my new HP Photosmart b110 All-in-one printer on my notebook, but it seems to be very hard…I have Opensuse 11.0 x86-64. I tried to install hplip from the web, but neither the 3.10.9 nor the 3.10.6 version works. Automatic installation is a disaster: the driver tries to resolve dependencies, which are impossible to resolve, probably because - I realized - support to opensuse 11.0 was stopped. So I tried with custom installation, avoiding all those features leading to strage dependencies, but also in this case I get an error: “make failed with exit status 2”, or something similar…
Do you have any suggestions? should I necessarily switch to 11.2 or 11.3 version? in this case, is it possible to upgrade directly from 11.0 to 11.3 without loosing data…?
I am trying to install my new HP Photosmart b110 All-in-one printer on my notebook, but it seems to be very hard…I have Opensuse 11.0 x86-64. I tried to install hplip from the web, but neither the 3.10.9 nor the 3.10.6 version works. Automatic installation is a disaster: the driver tries to resolve dependencies, which are impossible to resolve, probably because - I realized - support to opensuse 11.0 was stopped. So I tried with custom installation, avoiding all those features leading to strange dependencies, but also in this case I get an error: “make failed with exit status 2”, or something similar…
Do you have any suggestions? should I necessarily switch to 11.2 or 11.3 version? in this case, is it possible to upgrade directly from 11.0 to 11.3 without loosing data…?
Thanks a lot
mig-37
Hello mig-37. In general, I would recommend you upgrade to openSUSE 11.3 as the hplip is installed by default and it works just fine with my two hp printers at home. It has been a while since I used openSUSE 11.0, but you say that hplip was not installed by default in openSUSE 11.0, correct?
Next question, did you maintain a separate /home partition? If not, installing openSUSE as a clean/new install will remove all personnel data on the /home partition. If you have any other partitions, they normally would be OK. So, any upgrade or new install when a separate /home area was NOT maintained, must be backed up. You should back up ALL Documents, pictures, music files and email. Most personnel settings must be recreated in a new install.
No matter your setup, a clean install is your best bet, but if you backup all personnel data, you have nothing to lose to try an upgrade to openSUSE 11.3. About half of the time, one or more applications will not work properly due to the upgrade. Nothing is insurmountable, but depending on your ability to field and fix problems, a new install may be the right way to go, first. Remember to backup all personnel data before you take any action.