Help Please Hp d2560

Hi,
After getting my daughter Am Acer one for Xmas, she wanted a printer
i looked on Hp Web site and decided on the Hp D2560 because they had linux drivers.
I have download the file but the instructions online about extracting the file ( lost me).
it say's about the terminal window and running the file which i did but then asked for the Linux version, which i didn't know.

Can anyone please help
Many Thanks

Rob

 

The Linux version is Linpus Lite, but that is unlikely to be listed as it's not itself a mainstream distro. Your best bet is to look for Fedora 8 (also known as FC8), which HP are likely to list.

 

Hi,
Cheers for that.
i Chose fedora 8 and after i typed the supervisor password it seems to hangs on Pre-commands, but nothing else seems to happen.
When i choose the Hp Deskjet 2500 generic driver the light on the printer flashes but nothing else happens.
Any help would be great.

 

Could you copy the terminal session (highlight it all with the mouse / trackpad, then use the copy button on the toolbar) and paste it into a message here? I've just looked at the instructions on the website and can see a few areas which might cause trouble; it would be best to take them one at a time!

 

Hi Daldred,
once i have chosen fedora then version 8.
it then asks for Yes to install parallel, then asks for root/supervisor password (which I enter)

CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
network connection present

RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS
/ (this is where it seems to hang)

 

Could you actually copy and paste the session? There's an example session of an installation (using Ubuntu rather than Fedora) at the HPLIP site on this page, but it doesn't have any pre-package steps, so I can't compare what you are getting to that sample session.

 

[user@localhost ~]$ cd desktop
bash: cd: desktop: No such file or directory
[user@localhost ~]$ cd Desktop
[user@localhost Desktop]$ sh hplip-2.8.12.run
Creating directory hplip-2.8.12
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 2.8.12 Self Extracting Archive.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.12)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.0

Copyright (c) 2001-8 Hewlett-Packard 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_Sat-27-Dec-2008_15:41:22.log

\
note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.


INSTALLATION MODE
-----------------
Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options.
Custom mode allows you to chose installation options to fit specific requirements.

Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) : a

Initializing. Please wait...
warning: Invalid ppd_dir value: None


INTRODUCTION
------------
This installer will install HPLIP version 2.8.12 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 IGOS

Enter number 0...11 (q=quit) ?4

Choose the version of "Fedora" that most closely matches your system:

Num. Distro/OS Version
---- ----------------------------------------
0 Unknown or not listed
1 1.0 ("Yarrow", Released 2003-11-5)
[Unsupported]
2 2.0 ("Tettnang", Released 2004-5-18)
[Unsupported]
3 3.0 ("Heidelberg", Released 2004-11-8)
[Unsupported]
4 4.0 ("Stentz", Released 2005-6-13)
5 5.0 ("Bordeaux", Released 2006-3-20)
6 5 ("Bordeaux", Released 2006-3-20)
7 5.92 ("RC3", Released 2006-10-24)
8 6.0 (Released 2006-10-24)
9 6 (Released 2006-10-24)
10 7 (Released 2007-5-31)
11 7.0 (Released 2007-5-31)
12 8.0 (Released 2007-11-8)
13 8 (Released 2007-11-8)
14 9 ("sulphur", Released 2008-05-13)
15 9.0 ("sulphur", Released 2008-05-13)
16 10 ("sulphur", Released 2009-11-25)
17 10.0 ("sulphur", Released 2009-11-25)

Enter number 0...17 (q=quit) ?13

Distro set to: Fedora 8


SELECT HPLIP OPTIONS
--------------------
Would you like to enable support for parallel (LPT connected printers? (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? y
Parallel support enabled.


ENTER ROOT/SUPERUSER PASSWORD
-----------------------------
Please enter the root/superuser password:
Password accepted


INSTALLATION NOTES
------------------
SELinux must be disabled for HPLIP to function properly. Please disable SELinux before continuing.

Please read the installation notes. Press <enter> to continue or 'q' to quit:


RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
----------------------------


INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 3 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'gui': pyqt4 (PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x))
warning: This installer cannot install 'pyqt4' for your distro/OS and/or version.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'fax': dbus (dbus - Message bus system)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'parallel': ppdev (ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module.)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'base': cups-ddk (cups-ddk - CUPS driver development kit)


CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
-------------------------------
Network connection present.


RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS

 

OK, the issue is dependencies - there is software which the HPLIP package depends upon which is not installed. The installer has already said it can't install PyQt4 by itself, so you'll need to do that manually; it may also have run into trouble trying to install the others (hence the hang).

Let's install PyQt4 first; if we can do this successfully this will also ensure that your system can reach the software repositories OK, so if the HPLIP installer is having trouble it's not to do with your setup.

If you haven't already found the add/remove software functionality, see this HowTo and get as far as having Pirut running. Now in the Search tab, put 'pyqt4' into the search box; the first package listed (pyqt4-4.3.3-1.fc8.i386) is the one you want. Click in it to select the line, then tick the box next to it, and click 'apply'. OK the dialog box which comes up, and wait for the installation to complete. You now have PyQt4 installed; and if you've got this far you've confirmed that your system is set up correctly for software installation.

However, by this stage you may have hit a problem; Pirut may refuse to start with errors, or there may be little or no software listed, or you may get messages about unresolved dependencies. If so, you may need to point it to updated repositories - see macles blog post for more info.

Can we get that far and see what happens? Where we go next rather depends on what you find out by this point!

 

Sorry to be a pain but when i try Pirut from add/remove programs or from ALt + F2 , it asks for the password.
but nothing else seems to happen

 

This may mean you ned to update the repositories. Refer to the macles blog post I mentioned above, do what it says there, then see if Pirut is more co-operative!

 

Hi,
I am trying the following but still no joy:

[user@localhost }$ sudo yum install fedora-release

Nothing seems to happen

Not sure if this correct but i am losing the will to live with it

 

Hmmm. You should get some sort of response, even if it's failed.

Can you run

Code:

sudo yum repolist

in a terminal, and copy the output into a post here? This will tell us what repositories are configured, and whether your machine can connect to them.

 

Hi,

After doing a full recovery using the disc provided, i managed to get pirut to run and install all fedora updates.
when this was complete i ran the hplip again and it finally worked and guess what the printer works.

Many Thanks for all your help

Rob

 

Good - glad it's working!