Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:09:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Bugs in print/hplip assuming Linux file structure Message-ID: <176295.8909.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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I am trying to configure an HP LaserJet m1212nf MFP and failing possibly because the setup can't find files normal for Linux but different in FreeBSD. I get error messages such as (running as root): Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=0) error: Failed to find the lsusb command cat: /etc/issue: No such file or directory warning: distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES cat: /etc/issue: No such file or directory I also get warning: distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES Now it seems to be just hanging. I just get |/-\|/-\ ... apparently ad infinitum. Next step is to try with Ethernet conection, since this multifunction printer supports both USB and Ethernet. I tried that, no luck. If I run hp-setup -i and provide path to .ppd file, it ends with error: Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again. No success with FreeBSD with this printer. If that fails, then I try on my USB-stick installation of NetBSD 6.1 with pkgsrc; pkgsrc and compiling work is done on SATA hard drive. If that fails, both USB and Ethernet, then on to Linux (Gentoo?). I can also try with the installation CD (for MS-Windows) with wine-devel in FreeBSD, to see if that works. If all that fails, then, O Brother, I might get another printer, certainly won't be HP. I have felt for quite some time now that I don't want to ever again buy anything HP. I will also want a printer that does not require a proprietary plugin. Brother? Tom
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