hplip udev and my new printer

[kainalu]

Hello, I have a new deskjet f4140 psc and I cannot get it to install. I figure it is an old hplip. I tried to emerge the newest version, but I get a message that its blocked by udev. udev is also blocked by something. any ideas?

[Fitzcarraldo]

I got the latest hplip to build a few days ago, so it's possible. Can't remember if I had to do anything else, but I edited /etc/portage/package.mask and deleted the mask on hplip.

[kainalu]

nope, its not masked

[rand.a]

udev is also blocked by something. any ideas?

Helps to be more informative, saying its "blocked by something" doesnt tell us much.

You probably need to update udev before you can install the new hplip. But without proper data to go by, i can't be sure of what the problem is.

[kainalu]

emerge --pretend udev

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-116 [109-r1]
[blocks B ] <sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.19-r1 (is blocking sys-fs/udev-116)


how are they even installed together to begin with if they are incompatible? i mean this is a basically stock 3.4 install. I have only added mythtv and some other minor progs.

[dave_p_b]

Hi

According to this website your printer should be supported from hplip version 1.74.

There are two ways to solve this. Either to install hplip-1.7.4a-r1 or hplip-2.7.7.
1) Install hplip 1.7.4a-r1 by opening up a konsole and type "su" (enter root password).
Then type "emerge =hplip-1.7.4a-r1"

2) hplip-2.7.7 is no longer in portage and anything above version 2.7.7 needs to rebuild udev-1.1.4 which is not desirable. So go to this website and download hplip-2.7.7.ebuild (by right-clicking and "save as") to the desktop. Now open up a konsole and type "su" (entering root password).
Copy hplip-2.7.7.ebuild to /usr/portage/net-print/hplip (E.g. cp ~/Desktop/hplip-2.7.7.ebuild /usr/portage/net-print/hplip/hplip-2.7.7.ebuild).
Next type "ebuild /usr/portage/net-print/hplip/hplip-2.7.7.ebuild digest"
Next type "emerge =hplip-2.7.7"
After is has finished installing you will probably have to type "etc-update" if it tells you to.

Good luck

Dave

[kainalu]

that solved it. THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!