Bug#686653: HP Deskjet broken in Wheezy
On Fri 15 Mar 2013 at 22:40:16 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> The bug appears to reside in cups.postinst or the updater files for hpijs
> and hpcups.
Looking again at this bug from a different perspective:
root@desktop3:~# lpadmin -x test
root@desktop3:~# lpadmin -p test -v file:/dev/null -m drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-deskjet_f300_series-hpijs.ppd
root@desktop3:~# grep *NickName /etc/cups/ppd/test.ppd
*NickName: "HP Deskjet f300 Series hpijs, 3.14.1"
root@desktop3:~# apt-get --reinstall install printer-driver-hpijs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/335 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 108620 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../printer-driver-hpijs_3.14.1-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking printer-driver-hpijs (3.14.1-1) over (3.14.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for cups (1.7.1-2) ...
Updating PPD files for hpcups ...
PPD for printer test updated
Updating PPD files for hpijs ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.5-3) ...
Setting up printer-driver-hpijs (3.14.1-1) ...
root@desktop3:~# grep *NickName /etc/cups/ppd/test.ppd
*NickName: "HP Deskjet f300 Series, hpcups 3.14.1"
There it what Steve experienced. The same output is obtained on stable
and unstable.
Now for a repeat test, but with a difference. We all know how unreliable
computers are :) so the queue will be reinstalled after being installed.
root@desktop3:~# lpadmin -x test
root@desktop3:~# lpadmin -p test -v file:/dev/null -m drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-deskjet_f300_series-hpijs.ppd
root@desktop3:~# lpadmin -p test -v file:/dev/null -m drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-deskjet_f300_series-hpijs.ppd
root@desktop3:~# grep *NickName /etc/cups/ppd/test.ppd
*NickName: "HP Deskjet f300 Series hpijs, 3.14.1"
root@desktop3:~# apt-get --reinstall install printer-driver-hpijs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/335 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 108620 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../printer-driver-hpijs_3.14.1-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking printer-driver-hpijs (3.14.1-1) over (3.14.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for cups (1.7.1-2) ...
Updating PPD files for hpcups ...
PPD for printer test updated
Updating PPD files for hpijs ...
PPD for printer test updated
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.5-3) ...
Setting up printer-driver-hpijs (3.14.1-1) ...
root@desktop3:~# grep *NickName /etc/cups/ppd/test.ppd
*NickName: "HP Deskjet f300 Series hpijs, 3.14.1"
Could this be #736089?
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736089
Regards,
Brian.
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