[Cialug] plea for help on Ubuntu 12.10

[David Bierce]

The non LTS releases of Ubuntu in particular seem like a rushed technology preview not anything I'd upgrade to and if I wanted to upgrade, I'd just clean install.  Just be thankful you weren't use an device that requires ATI drivers.

If 12.04 worked, stay on 12.04 till the next LTS release and even then, wait a few months before upgrading.  Though, Josh's idea seems like much less headache.


On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Ralph Kessel wrote:

> I   upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 to discover that HPLIP does not support my version of hp officejet 6600. I've tried every conceivable method to uninstall, reinstall, install from download, install non-automatic and the message among many is : Unable to open the initial device, quitting.  I and my wife are able to connect wirelessly  to printer from Windows 7.   I was able to connect under 12.04 but for some reason hplip does not like my connection even though my drivers are recognized by my cups 1.6.1.  HP-check -t gives this  warning:
> warning: ubuntu-12.10 version is not supported. Using ubuntu-12.04 versions dependencies to verify and install...
> 
> Should I reinstall release 12.04  and foreget about 12.10 until they fix this bug?
> Ralph Kessel
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