Comment 1 for bug 329898

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Wawrzyniec NiewodniczaƄski (wawrzek) wrote : Re: The HP 1018 printer is not supported in Ubuntu 8.10

So I decided to use /usr/bin/hp-setup.

It ran clear but printer still wasn't working.
Error from /var/log/syslog:

Feb 16 00:02:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 00:02:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
Feb 16 00:02:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4
Feb 16 00:02:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...
Feb 16 00:02:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 00:02:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
Feb 16 00:02:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4
Feb 16 00:02:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...
Feb 16 00:03:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 00:03:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
Feb 16 00:03:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4
Feb 16 00:03:11 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...
Feb 16 00:03:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 00:03:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
Feb 16 00:03:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4
Feb 16 00:03:41 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...
Feb 16 00:04:12 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 00:04:12 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1
Feb 16 00:04:12 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4
Feb 16 00:04:12 madryt HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...