Hey Bob,<br><br>Can you get the python-devel rpm from another source? It sounds like you'll need it to get going on the driver.<br><br>I found a link here but I've never worked with mandiva:<br><br><a href="http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/13451691/dir/mandriva_2010/com/libpython2.6-devel-2.6.4-1.2mdv2010.0.i586.rpm.html">http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/13451691/dir/mandriva_2010/com/libpython2.6-devel-2.6.4-1.2mdv2010.0.i586.rpm.html</a><br>
<br>Best regards,<br><br>J. D.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Bob Toxen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transam@verysecurelinux.com">transam@verysecurelinux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">My old HP printer had the nerve to die after only 17 years.<br>
<br>
I'm unable to get my new HP LaserJet P2035 printer (via parallel port)<br>
to work on Mandriva 2010.0. (Btw, avoid this version of Mandriva like<br>
the plague!)<br>
<br>
<br>
First, the printer install CD says one must install a driver on Linux<br>
but it refuses to install demanding I first install "python-devel".<br>
Unfortunately, there is no such RPM found using Mandriva's GUI install<br>
tool. I've installed anything remotely related and still get the error.<br>
<br>
Also, when I use the browser interface to CUPS (<a href="http://localhost:631" target="_blank">http://localhost:631</a>)<br>
and try things such as clicking on maintenance "clean print heads" (just<br>
to see if I can talk to the printer), I get an error complaining about<br>
can't run "application/vnd.cups" or something very similar.<br>
<br>
When I first plugged in the printer, on restarting cups each time it<br>
would spit out a page that had been queued from when the old printer<br>
died. The printer's self-test buttin spits out its test page.<br>
<br>
<br>
I'm at the end of my rope here and I'm week on multimedia and printing,<br>
being a "server guy".<br>
<br>
Any help gratefully accepted. I'll even throw in a free sightseeing<br>
flight around Atlanta for the first one to solve the problem.<br>
<br>
If converting the printer connection to USB would help, I can do that.<br>
<br>
THANKS!<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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