HPLIP can't open toolbox

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HPLIP can't open toolbox

Post#1 by KSA_ARAB » 06 Jan 2011, 15:16

hello,
I installed all these packages
hplip-3.10.2-x86_64-2.txz
PyQt-4.7.3-x86_64-1.txz
net-snmp-5.5-x86_64-2.txz
sip-4.10.2-x86_64-1.txz
dbus-python-0.83.1-x86_64-1.txz

then, 'hp-setup' work fine and i can add my printer and scanner .....but i can not open 'hp-toolbox' to check quantity of ink, or change settings.

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bash-4.1# hp-toolbox
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)
HP Device Manager ver. 15.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 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.

warning: Reportlab not installed. Fax coverpages disabled.
warning: Please install version 2.0+ of Reportlab for coverpage support.
error: dBus initialization error. Exiting.

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Re: HPLIP can't open toolbox

Post#2 by fanthom » 06 Jan 2011, 18:54

after short googling i have found this:
http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/ad ... reportlab/

pls try to build it and report back.
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Re: HPLIP can't open toolbox

Post#3 by KSA_ARAB » 07 Jan 2011, 00:34

I built it , but I had the same problem !

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    bash-4.1# hp-toolbox
    HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)
    HP Device Manager ver. 15.0

    Copyright (c) 2001-9 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.

    warning: Reportlab not installed. Fax coverpages disabled.
    warning: Please install version 2.0+ of Reportlab for coverpage support.
    error: dBus initialization error. Exiting.


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