[Mageia-discuss] Testers needed for hplip on Mageia 1.

Tue Sep 13 16:52:05 CEST 2011

Le mardi 13 septembre 2011 16:49:25, Florian Hubold a écrit :
+> Am 13.09.2011 16:25, schrieb TJ:
+> > On 09/12/2011 06:21 PM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
+> >> The QA team on Mageia is currently rather small, and we need
+> >> some people who have hp printers to help testing an update
+> >> to the hplip package.
+> >> 
+> >> The bug report for the update is
+> >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2714
+> >> 
+> >> To install the update, run drakrpm-edit-media (or MCC/Software
+> >> Management/Configure media sources for install and update),
+> >> and enable the "Core Updates Testing" repository.
+> >> 
+> >> Then run "urpmi hplip".
+> >> 
+> >> Once it's installed, use drakrpm-edit-media or mcc to disable
+> >> the "Core Updates Testing" repository.
+> >> 
+> >> Note: If mgaapplet detects updates available, while the Testing
+> >> repository is enabled, do not use it to install updates. :-)
+> >> 
+> >> Then restart cups "service cups restart", and see if the printer
+> >> is working.
+> >> 
+> >> After that, either add an entry to the bug report, or reply to
+> >> this post, and I'll add the info to the bug report.
+> >> 
+> >> Please include whether or not it works, and what system you're
+> >> using (32 or 64 bit, and type of printer).
+> >> 
+> >> We are mainly interested in cases where hplip is currently
+> >> working, to ensure this update doesn't create any new problems.
+> >> 
+> >> Regards, Dave Hodgins
+> > 
+> > Would love to, but my printers (Officejet 6110 and Deskjet 5650) both
+> > have a problem when it comes to the duplexer and print jobs with an odd
+> > number of pages. Same problem appeared in Mandriva 2010.1/2.
+> > Unfortunately, the guys over at hplip haven't been able to duplicate the
+> > problem, at least on Mandriva, so it must be something unique to me.
+> > 
+> > Otherwise, though, hplip 3.11.3a has been working fine. Would my test
+> > still yield valid info for you?
+> > 
+> > TJ
+> 
+> Yes, it would, please test if everything still works or maybe
+> even that your problem is fixed with the update ;)
+
+Don't promise such things ! :)
+
+Samuel
+