I can't install my parallel port printer (HPLaserjet 5L) in Xenialpup 7.0.8.6. . I added 'modprobe lp' in etc/rc.d/rc.local but it made no difference. When I type 'modprobe lp' in the terminal, the message is 'Module i not found in directory lib/modules/4.4.95'
I have installed various HP printer drivers but I obviously need to download and install something else (modules?).
thanks
gusfagan
How to use HP parallel port printer in Xenialpup?
Do a google search for printer drivers in HP.
They have a program " hplip" which you download trustingly and runand it puports to run all the hp printers . https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project ... .17.11.run
Does wierd stuff with cursor and you have to be patient.
When i tried it complained of dependancies not being there so it would not complete and I still can't get my simple Deskjet2131 to print so I don't know where to go from here
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They have a program " hplip" which you download trustingly and runand it puports to run all the hp printers . https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project ... .17.11.run
Does wierd stuff with cursor and you have to be patient.
When i tried it complained of dependancies not being there so it would not complete and I still can't get my simple Deskjet2131 to print so I don't know where to go from here
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Creating directory hplip-3.17.11 Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.17.11 Self Extracting Archive.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... warning: hplip-install should not be run as root. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.11) HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 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. Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Mon-15-Jan-2018_19:36:50.log sh: lsb_release: command not found warning: xenialpup64 distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES -error: You are running the installer as root. It is highly recommended that you run the installer as error: a regular (non-root) user. Do you still wish to continue? Continue with installation (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? y note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enterror: Auto installation is not supported for 'unknown' distro so all dependencies may not be installed. Please install manually as mentioned in 'http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html' web-site Press 'y' to continue auto installation. Press 'n' to quit auto instalation(y=yes, n=no*): y INSTALLATION MODE ----------------- Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options. Custom mode allows you to choose installation options to fit specific requirements. Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) : a INTRODUCTION ------------ This installer will install HPLIP version 3.17.11 on your computer. Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc). DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION ---------------------- DISTRO/OS SELECTION ------------------- Choose the name of the distro/OS that most closely matches your system: Num. Distro/OS Name ---- ------------------------ 0 Mepis 1 Debian 2 SUSE Linux 3 Mandriva Linux 4 Fedora 5 Red Hat 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Ubuntu 8 PCLinuxOS 9 Linux Mint 10 gOS 11 Linpus Linux 12 IGOS 13 Boss 14 Linux From Scratch Enter number 0...14 (q=quit) ?7 Choose the version of "Ubuntu" that most closely matches your system: Num. Distro/OS Version ---- ---------------------------------------- 0 Unknown or not listed 1 12.04 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012) 2 13.10 ("Saucy", Released 17/10/2013) 3 14.04 ("Trusty", Released 17/04/2014) 4 15.04 ("Vivid", Released 17/04/2015) 5 15.10 ("Willy", Released 22/10/2015) 6 16.04 ("Xenial", Released 17/04/2016) 7 16.10 ("Yakkety", Released 13/10/2016) 8 17.04 ("Zesty", Released 31/05/2017) 9 17.10 ("Artful Aardvark", Released 19/10/2017) Enter number 0...9 (q=quit) ?6 Distro set to: Ubuntu 16.04 Initializing. Please wait... RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS ---------------------------- OK MISSING DEPENDENCIES -------------------- Following dependencies are not installed. HPLIP will not work if all REQUIRED dependencies are not installed and some of the HPLIP features will not work if OPTIONAL dependencies are not installed. Package-Name Component Required/Optional libnetsnmp-devel network REQUIRED pil scan OPTIONAL pyqt4-dbus gui_qt4 REQUIRED python-dbus fax REQUIRED reportlab fax OPTIONAL pyqt4 gui_qt4 REQUIRED libtool base REQUIRED policykit gui_qt4 OPTIONAL python-notify gui_qt4 OPTIONAL avahi-utils network OPTIONAL Do you want to install these missing dependencies (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES ------------------------------------- note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection. warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building support services) warning: This installer cannot install 'libtool' for your distro/OS and/or version. error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer. root#
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Last edited by april on Thu 18 Jan 2018, 01:48, edited 2 times in total.
parallel port printer in Xenialpup
Thanks. I'll try that.
gusfagan
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gusfagan
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I don't know about xenial pup but in it's predecessor Tahr pup there was an add on in quick pet for a parallel port driver.
666philb has instructions on how to make the module work.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 7&start=15
666philb has instructions on how to make the module work.
from the page here:666philb wrote:or alternatively if feeling adventurous you could build it yourself
install the kernel sources & devx from quickpet
then open a terminal andnote that you may need to make the terminal window bigger for menuconfig to work.Code: Select all
cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig
now use the cursor keys to navigate down to 'Device drivers' and press enter
then down to 'Character Devices' and press enter
then down to 'Support for user-space parallel port device drivers' and press 'm' (this is the ppdev module)
then use the left & right cursor keys and choose save & enter
then exit >>exit>>exit and you should be back in the terminal
then in the same terminalthen check it worked (should be no error)Code: Select all
make modules_prepare make M=drivers/char modules make M=drivers/char modules_install depmod -a
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modprobe ppdev
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 7&start=15
Not in Xenial, but in Tahr
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