On Mon, Feb 14 2011, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > Daniel Pielmeier schrieb am 12.02.2011 20:16: >> walt schrieb am 12.02.2011 19:47: >>> On 02/11/2011 06:47 PM, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >>>> >>>> From the hplip ebuild: >>>> >>>> elog "You should run hp-setup as root if you are installing hplip for >>>> the first time," >>>> elog "and may also need to run it if you are upgrading from an earlier >>>> version." >>> >>> Yes, I saw that, and I *did* re-run hp-setup. But I didn't delete the >>> existing cups printers, thinking it wouldn't be necessary. But it was :/ >> >> Well this is the purpose of hp-setup, adding or deleting printers. >> >> Run "hp-setup -r" then you can select the printer you want to delete. >> Afterwards run "hp-setup" without options to add them again. >> >> But you are right the message should be more verbose. >> > > I wrote an update to the hplip section of the Gentoo Printing Guide [1], > removed the elog messages from the ebuild and referred to the guide > instead. I hope this helps everyone who is installing/upgrading hplip. > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml#hplip
This is very nice. I would add that to use the scanner you need the scanner USE flag (I know that sounds obvious, but I would included it). allan
