Hi all
> I'm not sure I see how this is related to backports.
AFAIK we are not supposed to use the Debian BTS for issues we run into
with packages in backports but to use this mailing list instead. Because
we run into this issue with hplip in stretch-backports, I asked here
(and kept debian-live in CC as it is related to this issue).
> A while ago I did my own digging on this issue, and I've found that a
> simple workaround to force hplip to use sudo can be done by setting:
>
> [authentication]
> su_sudo=sudo
>
> inside ~/.hplip/hplip.conf
@James: Thank you very much for the hint. This improved the situation a
little bit.
After starting hp-setup as a normal user and selecting the printer I now
get the plug-in installer interaction as a graphical dialog instead of
some additional output on the terminal which is really nice. After
acknowledging to download and install the plug-in and agreeing to the
license I now get the custom password dialog pre-filled with the Debian
Live username ("user") instead of "root". After typing in the Debian
Live password ("live") everything works fine and I get a dialog "Plug-in
installation successful". But right after that the same old error
message appears and I am unable to finish the installation of the
printer. Because a picture is worth a thousand words, I uploaded a short
video demonstrating the problem here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYJrlO6DAQ
Thank you very much for additional hints, tricks or even a solution...
Best regards
Ronny
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