hp-plugin doesn't recognize KDE Neon as a Ubuntu derivate

[Malte S. Stretz]

KDE Neon is a Ubuntu derivate and thus requires sudo instead of su to become root. Since it doesn't report itself as such ("warning: neon distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES") hp-plugin chooses the wrong command.

lsb_release -a says

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: neon
Description: KDE neon User Edition 5.15
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

[Malte S. Stretz (mss)]

Forgot to add that this is

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.7)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

[brian_p (claremont102)]

Ok. Got the gist of this. Are you just reporting an issue which you see as a bug or are you seeking help to print?

--
Brian.

[Santhosh Manchikanti (santhosh2357651)]

Hi Malte,

Please download the "hplip-3.18.7-plugin.run " plugin from below location and run "sh hplip-3.18.7-plugin.run" in the terminal to install the plugin

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/plugins

Regards,
Santhosh

[cyborg (florian-cyborgsociety)]

I can confirm this BUG

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Neon
Description: KDE neon User Edition 5.20
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

(For me it worked with kde-neon and ubuntu 18.04 as base system.)

[cyborg (florian-cyborgsociety)]

Package: hplip
Version: 3.20.3+dfsg0-2

[cyborg (florian-cyborgsociety)]

A fix should be easy:

Add following line to `AUTH_TYPES` in `/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:58`:

`'neon': 'sudo',`