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MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password [Solved]

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:35 am
by jerry525
I have an all in one HP Laserjet Pro MFP M125nw

The printer setup was fine and works, but not the scanner, printer and scanner all worked fine on MX19

When I try and scan it says I need a plugin, when I select the download plugin option it asks me for my root password, but then tells me my password is incorrect. I've searched around, some people have special characters in their password which was an issue (I don't have anything like that). Any help appreciated.

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-9-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-9-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel, cairo-dock wm: xfwm4 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z97-P v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2803 date: 05/21/2015 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K400 Professional Wireless Touch Keyboard 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-4690K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell 
           family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 27986 
           Speed: 1098 MHz min/max: 800/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1064 2: 1001 3: 1088 
           4: 1009 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 980] driver: nvidia v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:13c0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 980/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8ca0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbb 
           Device-3: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 2-4:3 
           chip ID: 05a3:9331 serial: <filter> 
           Device-4: Sennheiser SC60 for Lync type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
           bus ID: 2-10:5 chip ID: 1395:0033 serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-9-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: ASUSTeK AM1I-A driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wgpia0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.13 TiB used: 19.24 GiB (1.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> 
           rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: R013 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 214.80 GiB size: 210.37 GiB (97.94%) used: 10.30 GiB (4.9%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: /boot raw size: 512.0 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%) used: 102.0 MiB (20.9%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/MX_antiX_packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
Info:      Processes: 237 Uptime: 1h 02m Memory: 15.58 GiB used: 1.66 GiB (10.6%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:39 am
by Eadwine Rose
I wager you have installed HP Printing in MXPI's popular tab? I also install xsane so Gimp plays nice.

Have you tried your user password? MX uses sudo as a default now (if I understood that correctly). You can change that back to root, if you have set up a root account with password. In MX Tweak, Other tab, select root, click apply.

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:56 am
by jerry525
Thanks, yes downloaded xsane. It is not allowing me to select root in Tweak, just stuck on user.. I only had one password which explains that. Looking as MX user manager but its not obvious how to change that.

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:05 pm
by j2mcgreg
To install / configure the plug-in, follow the instructions at the bottom of this page from the HP Developers' Portal knowledge base:

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imag ... uage=es-un

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:20 pm
by jerry525
hp-setup repeats what Ive already been through and sets the printer up again. It doesn't solve the scanner issue.

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:23 pm
by jerry525
I just installed the printer & scanner in Manjaro linux, there I only had one login also.

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password  [Solved]

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:35 pm
by Huckleberry Finn
jerry525 wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:56 amLooking as MX user manager but its not obvious how to change that.
"Select user to modify" (root or yourusername) Enter new pw. confirm .. Apply ..

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:43 pm
by jerry525
Many thanks, silly me. All works now.

Re: MX21 - HP Scanner not working - plugins not installed, wont accept root password

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:45 pm
by Huckleberry Finn
jerry525 wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:43 pmAll works now.
Glad to hear that.. :)

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