/etc/qt3/qt_plugins_3.3rc has file attributes 640

[Savvas Radevic]

Binary package hint: libqt3-mt

Hardy Heron 8.04 x86_64 / amd64 (alpha 5 to beta) updated
$ ls -l /etc/qt3/
total 8
-rw-r----- 1 root root 761 2008-04-10 08:37 qt_plugins_3.3rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 975 2008-01-21 21:01 qtrc

qt_plugins_3.3rc is necessary for hp-toolbox (hplip-gui package), if a normal user tries to run hp-toolbox they get this:
$ hp-toolbox

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.2)
HP Device Manager ver. 11.0

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
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QSettings: failed to open file '/etc/qt3/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1006?serial=AC094VM
warning: Device not found
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P1006?serial=AC094VM
warning: Device not found

BUT if you run it with "gksu hp-toolbox", everything's fine!

I think that this bug is the problem for hplip's bug 181242

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Confirmed on http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1941943#p1941943

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I think this is fixed in intrepid 8.10 and jaunty 9.04