Bug#364571: hplip: Device problem makes printer unusable

[Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr>]

Package: hplip
Severity: grave


        Hi !

The hplip package 0.9.9-2 makes my printer unusable, complaining with the
following message:


% tail -f /var/log/syslog

Apr 3 11:44:04 localhost hpiod: invalid model DeskJet_845C !=
DESKJET_845C Device::Open io/hpiod/device.cpp 919 Apr 3 11:44:04
localhost python: [ERROR] Unable to communicate with device:
hp:/usb/DeskJet_845C?serial=TH1BQ16152SX Apr 3 11:44:04 localhost
python: [ERROR] Error opening device (Device not found). Exiting.

# lpq
hp is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active          6       Test Page                       15360 bytes

Cups says "open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds."



There is a full thread describing this problem on the debian-french mailing
list (not a message of mine though):

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-french/2006/04/msg00207.html




I had to downgrade hplip to the testing version.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)