On Tue 28 May 2019 at 21:47:06 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 03:37:55 pm Brian wrote: > > > Why do think cron was calling hpfax? Did you set up the job? (Using > > fax isn't exactly common these day). > > > It was cron itself that mentioned it in the syslog.
I'd be inclined to track down the cron entry with a view to removing it. > > Very interesting. This needs a bit of thought. Does the same thing > > happen if the renaming is to begonia? > > > Interesting thought, lemme test it if I can find it again. Its not > actually running now, and its now renamed > to /usr/lib/cups/backend/begonia just for my eventual eddification. Flower power can be effective but I've never thought of you as one of the flower children. :) [...] > > > how do I use > > > systemctl to disable its even starting? > > > > Starting what? > > hplip. HPLIP does not use a service file. Try 'dpkg -l | grep hp' and purge any obvious HPLIP packages. I don't know if this will solve any of your issues but if you are not using an HP printer on that machine it should not do any harm. -- Brian.
