hp-* programs should not enforce having a GUI

Bug #1169603 reported by Johannes Meixner
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Bug Description

This is not an actual bug but more an annoyance
and I ask for an enhancement to avoid it.

hp-* programs should not enforce that the user has a GUI
when a GUI is not really mandatory for the program.

Example:
I am logged in from remote via ssh
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# hp-diagnose_plugin

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.13.4)
...
warning: No display found.
error: hp-diagnose_plugin requires GUI support . Is Qt4 installed?
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When I run hp-diagnose_plugin when logged in
on the machine having X running, it outputs only
plain text so that from my point of view
it seems a GUI is not mandatory for it.

For example hp-setup has the "-i" option to run without GUI.

But that option is not shown by "hp-diagnose_plugin -h"
and it really does not work for hp-diagnose_plugin:
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# hp-diagnose_plugin

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.13.4)
...
error: Only Qt4 GUI mode is supported
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Please check all hp-* programs whether or not they
actually need a GUI to run and if not please provide
the "-i" option to run them optionally without GUI.

Revision history for this message
Mark Purcell (msp) wrote : Fwd: [Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#710078: Bug#710078: hplip: LaserJet1018 doesn't work

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

Subject: [Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#710078: Bug#710078: hplip: LaserJet1018 doesn't
work
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013, 11:27:51
From: Mark Purcell <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, Bastien ROUCARIES
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
CC: Didier Raboud <email address hidden>, Andrey Paramonov <email address hidden>

On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:14:49 Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> I am worried by this bug. Could we set some defencive action like
> unsetting $DISPLAY in cups filter/cups ?

The GUI issue has been reported upstream:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1169603

Mark

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Revision history for this message
Caysho (caysho) wrote :

Agreed, should not need to install a desktop just to configure a printer on a home or small office server.

Changed in hplip:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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