hplip should depend on python-qt4 and python-qt4-dbus

[Jorge Juan]

Binary package hint: hplip

hp-setup, hp-systray, etc. will not work out of the box because of lack of Qt4 support. It happens in Jaunty and is also reported for Karmic, as it was for older Ubuntu releases. Is there any reason not to make hplip depend on these? If so, a better solution should be found instead of leaving broken executables.

Nice job.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:
 E [22/Jul/2009:10:34:54 +0200] Pause-Printer: Unauthorized
 E [22/Jul/2009:11:13:15 +0200] Resume-Printer: Unauthorized
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Lpstat: dispositivo para HP-LaserJet-M1522nf-MFP: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP?serial=00CNDT89TGHD
MachineType:

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: hplip 3.9.2-3ubuntu4
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: HP-LaserJet-M1522nf-MFP: HP LaserJet M1522nf MFP Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/md1 ro quiet splash locale=es_ES
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-13.45-generic
SourcePackage: hplip

[Noam Yorav-Raphael (noamraph)]

I confirm on Jaunty. I installed the printer, and it worked fine. I tried to print a fax from the computer, and the job stayed in the queue indefinitely, giving me no clue as to what the problem might be.

Afterwards, I run hp-fax from a terminal. At some point it got stuck, and printed the following exception to the terminal:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hp-toolbox", line 246, in <module>
    from ui4.devmgr5 import DevMgr5
  File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/devmgr5.py", line 45, in <module>
    from dbus.mainloop.qt import DBusQtMainLoop
ImportError: No module named qt

I installed python-qt4-dbus, and now everything works fine.

[Ronald (ronald-rcpaul)]

I also confirm this for Jaunty. I was not able to add a new (IPP) printer. Ubuntu kept looking for drivers for a long time and the solution was to install python-qt4. I did not need to install python-qt4-dbus.

[soc (simon-ochsenreither)]

Confirmed on Karmic.

Is this package installed by default from the CD?
That will get us into big trouble, required Libs are roughly 7MB big.

It needs python-qt4 (and hp-tools additionally python-qt4-dbus afair).

[soc (simon-ochsenreither)]

Ouch!
I just checked the Manifest file, hplip is on the Live CD!

Can someone bump the importance?

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

All HPLIP utilities which need Qt are now moved into the hplip-gui package. See bug 430539.