Problem with HP toolbox

Question

I went to check my fancy options that come with the hplip package's hp-toolbox and found that it wouldn't load, giving this message:
$ hp-toolbox
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4)
HP Device Manager ver. 10.0
Copyright (c) 2001-7 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 159, in <module>
toolbox = DevMgr4(hpiod_sock, hpssd_sock, toolboxCleanup, __version__)
File "/usr/share/hplip/ui/devmgr4.py", line 152, in __init__
self.user_settings = utils.UserSettings()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 541, in __init__
self.load()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 643, in load
self.cmd_scan = user_cfg.commands.scan or self.cmd_scan
AttributeError: 'UserSettings' object has no attribute 'cmd_scan'
I did some basic google research and came up with nothing.  I thought I should check on the forums before filing a bug report, and I also wanted to make sure that filing a bug directly to HP would be the best idea.
Thanks!
Nick B

Answer 1

Shirakawasuna wrote:
I went to check my fancy options that come with the hplip package's hp-toolbox and found that it wouldn't load, giving this message:
$ hp-toolbox
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4)
HP Device Manager ver. 10.0
Copyright (c) 2001-7 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 159, in <module>
toolbox = DevMgr4(hpiod_sock, hpssd_sock, toolboxCleanup, __version__)
File "/usr/share/hplip/ui/devmgr4.py", line 152, in __init__
self.user_settings = utils.UserSettings()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 541, in __init__
self.load()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 643, in load
self.cmd_scan = user_cfg.commands.scan or self.cmd_scan
AttributeError: 'UserSettings' object has no attribute 'cmd_scan'
I did some basic google research and came up with nothing.  I thought I should check on the forums before filing a bug report, and I also wanted to make sure that filing a bug directly to HP would be the best idea.
Thanks!
Nick B
If you can install one of
"xsane", "kooka", or "xscanimage", the error should go away.