HPLIP GUI not working in 11.10 Beta

[Till Kamppeter]

Your problem is a known bug which is already reported as

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/813230

Please continue discussion in this bug report. The mailing list is not 
for reporting bugs.

    Till

On 09/09/2011 09:10 AM, Roger Sanders wrote:
> Hi, Guys!
>
> I did a test install of 11.10 on a spare HDD and found that the HPLIP
> GUI package installs, but when I ran it, my CPU usage maxed-out and the
> system froze.
>
> The only way out was to use the 'Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly
> Boring' key sequence.
>
> I then downloaded the install script from HP and tried that.
> In the first instance, I had to manually satisfy the dependencies, as
> 11.10 is not included in the options, but even after doing that the
> 'make' exited with an error 2.
>
> I then tried installing, forcing the script to use the 11.04 settings
> and it still exited with the same error 2.
>
> As the HPLIP GUI is the only way to monitor ink levels it would be
> really nice if this could be sorted before release.
>
> When installing 11.10, it did recognise my printer and installed it, but
> the scanner section of the printer and ink level monitoring do not work
> with this basic install and the HPLIP GUI is needed for full
> functionality.
>
> My hardware:
>
> Acer TravelMate 4101
> Printer HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2060
>
> Regards,
> Roger
>
>