[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#697024: hplip-gui: hp-toolbox won't start : NameError: global name 'HPLIP_WEB_SITE' is not defined

[Olivier Berger]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:47:24PM +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> 
> $ hp-toolbox 
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.6)
> HP Device Manager ver. 15.0
> 
> Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard 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-toolbox", line 257, in <module>
>     toolbox = DevMgr5(__version__, device_uri,  None)
>   File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/devmgr5.py", line 204, in __init__
>     if not utils.Is_HPLIP_older_version( installed_version,  self.user_settings.latest_available_version):
>   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 1869, in Is_HPLIP_older_version
>     log.error("Failed to get the latest version. Check out %s for manually installing latest version of HPLIP."%HPLIP_WEB_SITE)
> NameError: global name 'HPLIP_WEB_SITE' is not defined
> 

FYI, I've moved away the .hplip dir and this time hp-toolbox would start.

After it got recreated, here's the difference :

$ diff -Naur .hplip.old .hplip
diff -Naur .hplip.old/hplip.conf .hplip/hplip.conf
--- .hplip.old/hplip.conf	2012-12-30 22:46:01.000000000 +0100
+++ .hplip/hplip.conf	2012-12-30 22:48:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 [upgrade]
-latest_available_version = 3.12.11 Public Release</a><br />')
-notify_upgrade = false
-last_upgraded_time = 1356894541.38155
-pending_upgrade_time = 0
-
-[last_used]
-device_uri = "hp:/usb/Photosmart_C4700_series?serial=CN98OH927Z05CN"
-printer_name = 
-working_dir = .
-
-[settings]
-systray_visible = 0
-systray_messages = 0
-
-[commands]
-scan = /usr/bin/simple-scan %SANE_URI%
-
-[refresh]
-rate = 30
-enable = false
-type = 1
-
-[polling]
-enable = false
-interval = 5
-device_list = 
-
-[fax]
-voice_phone = 
-email_address = 
-
-[installation]
-date_time = 12/30/12 22:46:00
-version = 3.12.6
+latest_available_version = 3.12.11 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=309540" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.10a Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=309494" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.10 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=309222" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.9 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=308288" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.6 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=307195" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.4 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=306048" target="_self">HPLIP 3.12.2 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=305159" target="_self">HPLIP 3.11.12 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=303762" target="_self">HPLIP 3.11.10 Public Release</a><br />');document.write('</li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981&id=302308" target="_self">HPLIP 3.11.7

But then, if I quit hp-toolbox, and restart it, the problem is back.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER 
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