[ale] Pixma MX860

Asher Vilensky ashervilensky at gmail.com
Fri Feb 26 09:53:58 EST 2010


Yup, that was indeed the solution.  I added --force-install to the install
line in the script.  That did the trick.  BTW, these drivers are just for
USB, not wireless.  From what I learned for wireless you need to compile
some source code.  Not me, not now.

Thanks for the tip.

-- Asher


On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:20 PM, David Tomaschik <david at tuxteam.com> wrote:

> Asher Vilensky wrote:
> > I bought an all-in-one /Pixma MX860.  /Among our other machines, we
> > have a Dell Mini-Inspiron running Ubuntu 8.04.  In this site
> > http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?25,9006 I found advice
> > about Linux drivers.  Found the site and downloaded the drivers.  But
> > an attempt to install it (as root) yields:
> >
> > # ./install.sh
> > Execution command = sudo dpkg -iG
> > ./packages/cnijfilter-common_3.10-1_i386.deb
> > dpkg: error processing ./packages/cnijfilter-common_3.10-1_i386.deb
> > (--install):
> >  package architecture (i386) does not match system (lpia)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  ./packages/cnijfilter-common_3.10-1_i386.deb
> >
> >
> > The machine, as far as I can tell, IS i386.  What is "lpia" anyway?
> > Anybody knows anything about it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -- Asher
>
> LPIA = Low Power Intel Architecture.  It's i386-compatible, but
> optimized for lower power consumption.  IOW, it's Atom-specific.  You
> can safely install i386 packages with --force-architecture to dpkg.  Not
> sure what you'd need for their install.sh.
>
> --
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