On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:51:06 +0100 Manfred Hollstein wrote:
Interestingly the files on my system are the same as on Bob's system:
# ll /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hpmudext.so 16 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15288 May 30 2020 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hpmudext.so # rpm -qf /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hpmudext.so hplip-3.19.12-lp152.1.1.x86_64
The rest of this thread doesn't actually show any clear indication why it doesn't run for you. I'd suggest you check the packages for consistency:
# rpm -V hplip hplip-hpijs hplip-sane
This should not produce any output, if it does, you should re-install the related package.
Wow. Looks like I need to reinstall hplip-hpijs: # rpm -V hplip hplip-hpijs hplip-sane S.5....T. c /etc/hp/hplip.conf missing /usr/bin/hpijs S.5....T. /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp S.5....T. /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups S.5....T. /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcupsfax S.5....T. /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstotiff S.5....T. /usr/lib64/libhpdiscovery.so.0.0.1 S.5....T. /usr/lib64/libhpip.so.0.0.1 S.5....T. /usr/lib64/libhpipp.so.0.0.1 S.5....T. /usr/lib64/libhpmud.so.0.0.6 missing /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip missing /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-Fax-hpcups.ppd.gz missing /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-Fax-hpijs.ppd.gz missing /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-Fax2-hpcups.ppd.gz missing /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-Fax2-hpijs.ppd.gz and a lot more missing ppd files After forcing a reinstall, I get # rpm -V hplip hplip-hpijs hplip-sane S.5....T. c /etc/hp/hplip.conf Now hp-setup discovers my printer/scanner (good news!) but needs to install a plugin for scanning support. Running hp-plugin... ~> hp-plugin HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Checking for network connection... Downloading plug-in from: Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/bob/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9 Creating directory plugin_tmp Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.20.11 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.Extraction failed. error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed \ gzip: stdout: Broken pipe error: Plug-in install failed. Looking through YaST software Installation I can see that python-gobject is installed, so not sure what to do next? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 5.3.18-lp152.57-default Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.71.0, Qt: 5.12.7 and Plasma: 5.18.5 https://useplaintext.email/