scanner no longer works with Ubuntu 23.04

Bug #2019491 reported by Steve Cohen
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Bug Description

Just upgraded system from Ubuntu 22.04->22.10->23.04.
HPLIP was installed and is installed after the upgrade. Not sure version is the same, at any rate it's now at
$ apt list hplip
Listing... Done
hplip/lunar,now 3.22.10+dfsg0-1 amd64 [installed]

Printer still works, scanning doesn't.

hp-doctor script fails:

$ hp-doctor

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.22.10)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.22.10)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hp-doctor", line 275, in <module>
    dep = DependenciesCheck(MODE_CHECK,INTERACTIVE_MODE,ui_toolkit)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/share/hplip/check.py", line 175, in __init__
    self.core = CoreInstall(mode, ui_mode, ui_toolkit)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 240, in __init__
    self.passwordObj = password.Password(ui_mode)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 94, in __init__
    self.__readAuthType() # self.__authType
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType
    distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NameError: name 'get_distro_std_name' is not defined. Did you mean: 'get_distro_name'?

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Steve Cohen (stevecoh1) wrote :

it works okay with skanlite, which I just installed, for scanning a photo. But skanlite lacks the multipage pdf feature that xsane has so I still need a fix or workaround for that.

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