Bug#925222: hplip: hp-plugin doesn't work (hp-diagnose_plugin[4665]: error: Failed to install Plug-in)
severity 925222 minor
merge 925222 825383
thanks
On Tue 26 Mar 2019 at 13:54:51 +0100, Mari Donkers wrote:
> In my VirtualBox Debian unstable installation I have removed sudo for my
> account and logged out and in again to make sure group information is
> refreshed. The hp-plugin (without the -i) works perfectly. But sudo
> appears not to blame because when I reversed and re-enabled sudo +
> logout + login it also worked.
>
> So I did another apt-get -t stretch-backports upgrade on my notebook and
> upgraded everything (including hplip) to stretch-backports. Tried the
> hp-plugin command and now it works perfectly! It asks for a root
> password, which I type in and now it doesn't give any error message. I'm
> not sure what changed but the problem appears solved somehow.
>
> Thanks for the support, cheers, Mari
Splendid.
I still think this bug is similar enough to #825383 for it to be merged
with it and not closed.
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Brian.
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