Re: [hpoj-devel] Is ANYBODY there? (was: i/o error)

[Darragh B. <fe...@co...>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, t takahashi wrote:

> My issue is with the ADF, not printing.

Started to lose track of this discussion so I went and looked at the bug
note on the debian lists you pointed to :)


> Correct about the stopped working.  Incorrect about the versions.  I
> don't know where you got the number 3 from.  After a few weeks (I will
> have to look at the receipt and my notes and logs), the scanner
> stopped working.  I did not change any Debian versions.  I stayed with
> Sarge for the entire time.  I did not change kernels.  I did not
> reinstall.  I did not add hardware.

But you did perform an upgrade. Not quite the same case as you but I use
RedHat (7.3, 8.0, 9.0, FC1 & now FC2) and I definitely remember in
certain cases the scripts being executed by the package when I upgraded
packages such as the hpoj being borked. They ended up rendering my
printer virtually useless until I managed to remove all setup information
and reconfigure it correctly from scratch. (PSC 2410)

Lately it has just worked nicely, but it could provide an explaination of
whats gone wrong, bad setup rather than bad software.


> What I DID do is normal apt-get upgrade of Sarge packages, in which,
> if there is a new version of hpoj or libusb* or sane or anything else
> relevant, something might possibly have changed.  Note: *possibly*; we
> don't know the cause of the problem yet, because nobody has been able
> to look at all of the debugging output yet.

Looking at the debug output and looking at some email threads online, just
wondering if your system has detected and configured the printer directly
and caused a problem with the ptal system.


Tbh I don't understand fully the debug output but just wondering if you
looked at the following websites that deal with printing on Linux.

Contains details about the level of functionality of your printer with the
hpoj system:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-OfficeJet_6110

Could you be experiencing something similar to the following email
thread, doesn't sound exactly the same but same printer and issues with
scanning:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/hp-list/2004q3/005312.html

Finally some details from the SUSE website that are related to setting up
your printer, not 100% accurate since your using debian but might be of
assistance:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/05/ke_hp-officejet.html


Have you tried disconnecting the device, booting up and removing all
current setup data for it and then connect it and reconfigure from
scratch via the command line?

--
Darragh

"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"