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#276 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 16:33:12

Ron

I guess the bottom line is that the version of hplip that comes with ascii, 3.16.11, is not compatible with HP 8025. I need to upgrade to version 3.19.5 according to the hplip website; but when I try, I get dependency errors. I thought that since I got the printing problem fixed by using CUPS only, the scanner would work that way also, but I guess I was wrong? The only thing I can think of is to move to Devuan Beowulf. How can I find out what version of hplip comes with Beowulf?

Offtopic: I just noticed that when typing "Devuan" when making a post, it gets a red squiggly underline as if it's misspelled. That's ironic considering that this is Devuan's forums.

EDIT

Okay, so based on this, it looks like hplip 3.18.12 is the version on Debian 10. But according to this, the version on Debian 10.3 is hplip 3.20.5. So how do I know what version is available on Devuan Beowulf?

#277 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 13:56:01

Ron

Yes, I have hplip toolbox installed, but I can't get past the frist window because it isn't detecting my printer/scanner. I don't see, on any of the toolbox windows, anything that says "fax-printer."

When I open the toolbox, I first get this.

https://i.imgur.com/mbB5s7u.jpg

Then I click Setup Device... and I then get this.

https://i.imgur.com/EZGoIBR.jpg

I then click Next and get this.

https://i.imgur.com/dCFZBrc.jpg

There is no option on any of these windows for "fax-printer."

#278 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 12:26:47

Ron

In hplip I keep getting the message "No Installed HP Devices Found," just like I did when I couldn't get it to print. However, at the bottom of this window it says:

Note: Only devices installed with the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend will appear in the HP Device Manager.

Does that have anything to do with the URI of the printer I mentioned above not starting with "hp:" but with "usb"?

EDIT

Since posting the above, I tried installing and using Simple Scan. I got the same message, no scanner detected. Then, on another forum where I posted this problem, somebody mentioned I might try purging ippusbxd and replacing it with ipp-usb. So I looked them up, and ipp-usb isn't available in the repo, but ippusbxd is, and I noticed it was not installed. So I installed it and rebooted the computer and tried both Simple Scan again and Xsane and still no joy.

#279 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 01:23:30

Ron

In looking over the troubleshooting page that was linked to by Altoid, I don't understand this part:

Solution:

For network scanning, the "hp:/net/..." URI must be configured in the CUPS queue for auto-discovery by OpenOffice and xsane. You can manually specify the URI with xsane using the following format:

xsane <"hpaio" device uri>

For example:

xsane hpaio:/net/PSC_750?ip=12.25.63.142

(Where the CUPS installed device URI is: hp:/net/PSC_750?ip=12.25.63.142, and the hp: was replaced with hpaio:)

I looked up the URI of the printer and it doesn't begin with hp:/net/, it begins with usb://HP. The whole thing is:

usb://HP/OfficeJet%20Pro%208020%20series?serial=**********&interface=1

I replace some numbers with asterisks because it seemed like that was the serial number

#280 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 01:03:38

Ron

I successfully added myself to the scanner group, but Xsane still does not recognize the scanner. I wonder if trying Simple Scan would work; but being that both Simple Scan and Xsane are just GUIs for Sane, I'm thinking it won't make a difference.

#281 Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-16 19:09:02

Ron
Replies: 27

A few months ago I had to replace my HP 6660 printer with a new one. I got an HP Office Jet Pro 8025. For some reason, it wouldn't work with hplip, so I installed cups (system-config-printer) and it prints okay using that (here). Now just the other day, I noticed that Xsane Image scanner won't recognize it. Is this related to the fact that hplip didn't work with 8025? Does anyone know of a way I can get the scanner working in conjuction with my computer? Thanks.

#282 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Firefox outdated » 2020-10-02 14:45:37

Ron

I am confused as to what browser is being used (and rejected). Is it Basilisk? Is it Firefox ESR 68.0? Please clue us in. If you're using Basilisk and getting this error, use a UA override. If you're using an old Firefox ESR, update to the current one, 78.3.1.

Mind telling us what bank this is?

#283 Re: Forum Feedback » Unable to edit any of my own posts » 2020-09-21 09:46:59

Ron

One reason against unlimited time for editing is that such editing, after following posts have been made, could possibly throw off the "flow" of the thread. What I mean is that such editing can make following posts appear nonsensical, etc. There's another forum I frequent where, once a following post is posted, one cannot go back and edit his/her post (the previous one). I think that's a good standard to follow.

#284 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-22 23:03:15

Ron
rayburn wrote:

I am used to using 'update-grub' and 'grub-install' commands on other distros, but that is not working in Miyo!

Shouldn't it be sudo update-grub?

#285 Re: Forum Feedback » Cannot search for "s6" » 2020-08-16 23:00:23

Ron

What you can do is s6 site:dev1galaxy.org/ in your search engine of choice. Here's the results from DDG:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&q=s6 … %2F&ia=web

#286 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Just bought HP 8025, not detected » 2020-07-19 02:18:17

Ron
Debuser2018 wrote:

Glad that it worked. It may be possible to use the proper 8020 *.ppd driver which may be part of hplip. I'm not sure how to do that.

I'll just stick to what's working. smile But I'm wondering now, can hplip be removed from my computer without affecting the printer?

#287 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Just bought HP 8025, not detected » 2020-07-17 23:31:58

Ron
Debuser2018 wrote:

Another option is using CUPS. There is a gui tool system-config-printer. Try installing system-config-printer, system-config-printer-udev packages.

Much thanks, installing system-config-printer seems to have done the trick. I owe you one cold beer. smile
I will wait a day or two before marking this as solved.

#288 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Just bought HP 8025, not detected » 2020-07-17 22:40:18

Ron
Debuser2018 wrote:

HPLIP db shows HP 8020 Officejet series printers are supported. May be you should run hp-setup with the printer connected to the Linux PC. It will work.

Unfortunately it doesn't. Any other suggestions?

[Is 8025 considered part of the 8020 series? I can't understand why it's not being detected.]

#289 Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Just bought HP 8025, not detected » 2020-07-17 21:23:54

Ron
Replies: 7

I'm at a loss, this is the first time I had trouble with an hp printer. It's an Officejet Pro 8025 and hplip isn't detecting it. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Any suggestions?

Devuan 2.1
hplip 3.16.11
cups 2.2.1-8

#290 Other Issues » Mate (Caja) icon problem » 2020-07-05 21:43:24

Ron
Replies: 0

I have some old Real Player files, and the icons looked like the first screenshot. The top one is a .rm file, and Caja gave it the movie icon, even though it is only an audio file. The rest of the files are .ram, and Caja gave them the text file icon. So I thought that if maybe I assigned these types of files to be opened by SMPlayer (they weren't assigned to any app) that Caja would figure out to give them the same icon as other audio files (second screenshot), but it didn't. So I manually changed the four files to the eighth notes icon. My question is this: is there a way to tell Caja to assign the eighth notes icon to .rm and .ram files automatically? If I copy these files to any other location, they end up with the icons in the first screenshot. Thanks.

gknXibm.jpg

BVMdx2A.jpg

#291 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-06-26 12:43:42

Ron
golinux wrote:

Ron . . . have you read the Release Notes?

Thanks for the link.

#292 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-06-26 01:25:16

Ron
fsmithred wrote:

Ron, it sounds like you ran into the eudev bug. https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3520
Unplug and replug mouse and/or keyboard, then they'll work.

You might still have some problems after that, like no sound or no wireless, both due to kernel modules not getting loaded. All the problems go away if you stop and start eudev. (stop it and start it. restart won't fix it.)

Unplugging and replugging in the mouse and keyboard does fix that problem. But I couldn't get the sound to work. Maybe I didn't follow the instructions correctly? In any event, everything works just fine when loading the OS to RAM. So, as you wrote, I'm assuming I won't have these problems when I install the new Miyo.

#293 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-06-23 22:08:24

Ron

Hi Miyo. Sorry took long to reply. I have a question due to issues I had trying to run the new Miyo from the DVD. I'm wondering if my computer is too old for Devuan 3 or anything based on it. Here's why. First, for some reason I just couldn't get the computer to boot to the DVD. I never had a problem like this with earlier versions, or with other Linux OS's. I had to go into the bios and tell the computer to manually boot from the DVD (I never had to do that before). Okay, second, when I chose Live Session, it would boot up, but my keyboard and mouse wouldn't work. I tried 3 times at least, and waited long enough, but they just wouldn't work. Finally I booted to RAM (or whatever it's called) and then everything worked just fine. I guess since that worked, installing the OS shouldn't cause a problem on my computer, but of course after all this I'm a bit hesitant. What do you guys think?

Here's my computer's specs:

System:    Host: ron Kernel: 4.9.0-12-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0) Desktop: MATE 1.16.2 (Gtk 3.22.11-1)
           Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux ascii
Machine:   Device: desktop System: ASUS product: All Series
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-C v: Rev X.0x BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 03/26/2018
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium G3220 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11972
           clock speeds: max: 3000 MHz 1: 813 MHz 2: 800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-12-amd64
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 416.1GB (21.9% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ST3160815AS size: 160.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 256.1GB
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: ASUS DRW-24F1ST   b rev: 1.00 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
           Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 234G used: 6.7G (3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 144 Uptime: 1:00 Memory: 439.3/3826.3MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.5

#294 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-06-07 20:45:10

Ron

Just wondering, will you be uploading any new versions soon since 3.0 has become the stable release?

#296 Re: Off-topic » deb.sury.org now requires systemd » 2020-06-01 00:07:22

Ron
nixer wrote:

Try it with http:// instead of https://.  I don't know this but I think there may be a problem with the ssl cert.

There doesn't seem to be a problem with the cert.

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze … tworks.com

#297 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Moved across time zones, clock messed up » 2020-04-22 12:11:38

Ron
xinomilo wrote:

sorry, it's :
# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

That fixed it. Thanks.

#298 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Moved across time zones, clock messed up » 2020-04-22 11:56:29

Ron
xinomilo wrote:

what devuan version?

try changing timezone from terminal as root and see if that helps :
# dpkg --reconfigure tzdata

Tried that and got this:

dpkg: error: unknown option --reconfigure

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !

Using 2.1 ascii

#299 Other Issues » [SOLVED] Moved across time zones, clock messed up » 2020-04-22 01:22:57

Ron
Replies: 5

I just recently moved across the US, from the Mountain Time Zone to the Central Time Zone. I changed the time zone in settings to Central Time, then changed the time to the correct time, but on every reboot the time keeps moving one hour behind. I am using the Mate desktop. Any ideas what I'm missing?

#300 Re: Other Issues » Emojis don't show » 2020-02-27 22:15:42

Ron
GNUser wrote:

If that's true, switching your email client to UTF-16 encoding would properly display the wide characters in your friend's emails--but would cause problems displaying wide characters in emails to you from people who use UTF-8 (the de facto standard encoding these days).

That doesn't seem to be an option in preferences. FTR I asked my friend to send me an email to my Yahoo address with some emojis, and Yahoo shows them just fine.

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