Beta2 packages

[kputem]

A week ago, I started a thread about 2010 Final not finding my HP printer/scanner and toolbox, whereas Beta2 automatically found it.

Since then, I have tried all of the solutions mentioned in various threads, but none of them worked for me.

So, I decided to experiment!

I have just run the Beta2 live cd and done another check that it found my printer/scanner. It did. So I upgraded it with all the packages which I thought were relevant (cups, gutenprint, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-hpijs, hplip-hpijs-ppds, hplip-model-data, libcups, libhplip0, libsane-hpaio1) and tried the printer again. Up came the message: No installed HP devices found - as is the case with 2010 final.

Are the beta2 packages still available on a repository anywhere? I would like to experiment downgrading these packages from the final, to the beta2 versions, to see what happens.

Sorry if I am completely wrong in my thinking and in what I am trying!

Thanks.

Keith

[Xenaflux]

I am almost sure there aren't any beta2 packages anymore.
Why don't you install task-printing-hp, instead of all individual packages.
It's made for that hp printer of yours

[kputem]

Hello Xenaflux.

Thanks for your reply.

Task-printing-hp is installed from the liveCD. I have tried re-installing it, but there is no difference.

I'll start working through all the suggestions on the various threads again.

If I still can't get the printer/scanner/toolbox to work, perhaps you can please answer this basic query. If I was to install Beta2 and then install all the three hundred+ upgrades for it (excluding the HP ones I listed), would I have the equivalent of the Final? Or are there packages in the final which are not in the beta2 upgrades?

Many thanks

Keith

[Xenaflux]

If I was to install Beta2 and then install all the three hundred+ upgrades............................

Well, we were encouraged to install the final, not to upgrade from beta2.
So, I would think installing beta2 again is not going to work.
But you better wait for someone else to comment on this.

Sorry for your bad luck.
I know how I feels.

Xena

If you have an extra partition, you could try your way...who knows ?

[chainsaw_sculptor]

Hello Xenaflux.

If I still can't get the printer/scanner/toolbox to work, perhaps you can please answer this basic query. If I was to install Beta2 and then install all the three hundred+ upgrades for it (excluding the HP ones I listed), would I have the equivalent of the Final? Or are there packages in the final which are not in the beta2 upgrades?

I'm definitely no expert however I did run beta 2 for some time and upgraded to 2010 via synaptic and had no issues. One of the upgrades was a new kernel. Could there possibly be an issue in the 2010 kernel affecting the HP printer packages?

BTW I've just reinstalled to the official 2010 release as recommended.

[Xenaflux]

Could there possibly be an issue in the 2010 kernel affecting the HP printer packages?

Well, my HP printer installs OK on Minime2010.
But I don't have a scanner/printer. like he.
Just a printer

Besides, if there really was a general problem, the forum would be full of it already.
It's just " one of the few ", unfortunately.

[kputem]

A follow-up.

For information.

During the past few weeks, I have been disto-hopping and doing a lot of tests, trying to find the reason why my printer/scanner works with PCLinuxOS Beta2 but not Final.

With all the distros I have tried, I have found that it only works with HPLIP 3.9.12. It doesn't work with 3.10.2, or 3.10.2-1 on any of them.

Cheers

Keith

[Xenaflux]

if it's of any help, I don't know

The hplip-3.9.8-9pclos2010.i586.rpm is still available

website: http://kde3.pclosusers.com/pclosfiles/pclinuxos/2007/RPMS.main/

Xena

[Was_Just19]

It might help if the model of printer was posted .....     .......  or did I miss it?

[kputem]

Thanks, Xena, for your help and the information.

During my distro-hopping, I tried hplip-3.9.8 on another distro, but not 3.9.8-9.

I will certainly try it.

Cheers.

Keith

[kputem]

JohnBoy.

No, you didn't miss it! The original posting in this thread was a follow-up of another thread in Desktop Hardware (April 17th), where I asked for help in getting the thing going.  The model was specified there. Unfortunately, none of the suggestions worked, so I started this thread.

Sorry about that.

It's an HP B109a-m combined printer and scanner.

Cheers.

Keith
 

[Was_Just19]

Thanks.

That printer should be supported indeed -- according to the models.dat  listing, which lists the

Code: [Select]

[photosmart_b109a_series]
.......
support-ver=3.9.10

Have you tried manuall setting this printer through PCC ? ......

EDIT .......  just realised this is a wireless printer .......  yes?

[kputem]

JohnBoy.

Thanks for your reply.

My B109a-m printer/scanner is a USB wired model, not a wireless one.

In case I wasn't too clear, hplip-3.9.12 finds the printer, the scanner and the HP Device Manager.

Hplip-3.10.2-1 finds the printer with no problems. However, it doesn't find the other two parts.

The Device Manager gives the error message: No installed HP devices found.

The PCC Hardware Scanner Setup gives the error message: No scanners found.

I've tried setting the scanner up manually in PCC, but I get the same error message.

It's the same with the other distros I tried whilst trying to sort the problem, so it's not a problem peculiar to PCLinuxOS

Hope that this is a bit clearer, now.

cheers.

Keith

[Was_Just19]

Thanks ... I had misread the situation   

[Mark342]

Found the HPLIP page for your printer: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_b109a_series.html
I'm no good with printers though.
Have you tried XSANE? (I have no experience with it though)