HP Officejet 6210 and HPLIP Problems (Almost Solved)

[Charlie McVeigh]

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 19:33 -0400, Nigel J. Terry wrote:


> >
> > Upon further research it turns out that this was an SELinux problem with
> > FC5.
> >
> > I noticed some SELinux error messages in my security log so I disabled
> > SELinux.  At that point I was able to run "hp-makeuri xxx:yyy"  where
> > xxx:yyy is the USB bus id and device id of my Officejet.  I then deleted
> > and re-installed the printer using "/usr/bin/printconf-gui"  Everything
> > (printing/scanning/faxing) works as advertised now.
> >
> > When I re-enable SELinux,  the "hp-toolbox" command no longer can find
> > the Officejet and I can't print/fax/scan.  If I disable SELinux then
> > everything starts working again.  So I am now stuck running without
> > SELinux enabled.
> >
> > Any thoughts on how how to fix this particular SELinux issue?
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >   
> I have the same problem with an OfficeJet G95 connected via a JetDirect 
> server. hp-toolkit cannot find it, nor hp-info, hp-clean, hp-testpage...
> 
> The difference is that I have SELinux disabled and have done since install.
> 
> Any ideas
> 
> Nigel
> 
> 

Nigel,

What happens when you run the "hp-makeuri" command?  You need to run
this command (as root) first before any of the "hp-*" tools will see
your print/fax/scanner devices.

Charlie