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exspasticcomics

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Registered: 2011-03-13

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HP printer 7260 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

This is one of those situations where I'm kicking myself for not bookmarking the page I found the answer to this problem on....

I have an Hp 7260 printer. I had to download install HPLIP & the driver to use it.  go to terminal 'hp-setup' walks me though the setup. it needs me to find the PPD file- I point it to the PPD file.. click next & I get the error 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

What's killing me is that- This happened before.. And I can't remember how I fixed it. I think something got reset in an upgrade awhile back. Thing is- I even try 'sudo hp-setup' & I still get the error.

Anyone know what's going on?

It's completely possibly that I'm missing something obvious here.

Thanks-

exspasticcomics

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Registered: 2011-03-13

Posts: 14

Re: HP printer 7260 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

Unfortunately- I still haven't been able to crack this one. It seems like some sort of weird permission problem. But playing around with what groups I'm in- hasn't helped. I've gone so far as to remove myself from all the groups (LOL) & then the error changes to 'ls user added to 'Lp' group(s)'  -Even though the user (at that moment..) isn't added to any groups at all! I'm going to keep playing around with it- but I'm stumped. anyone have any ideas?

Thanks-

Kardell

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From: London a new Babylon

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 264

Re: HP printer 7260 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

I have faced the same issue.

I was trying from CUPS 631.
Printer well detected, but after that:

Add Printer HP_PSC_1400_series Error

Unable to get list of printer drivers:

    Unknown

Add Printer HP_PSC_1400_series Error

Unable to get list of printer drivers:

    Unknown

Apparently it cannot find the driver file, but it is in the directory.

Last edited by Kardell (2011-10-23 22:38:02)

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Kardell

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From: London a new Babylon

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 264

Re: HP printer 7260 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

Got errors, but printer is scanning properly, so definitely try:

http://localhost:631

instead of hp-setup.
Regards

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exspasticcomics

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Registered: 2011-03-13

Posts: 14

Re: HP printer 7260 'ls user added to 'sys' group(s)'

Hi-

Okay.. that worked!

Thanks!

Last edited by exspasticcomics (2011-10-30 14:16:11)