Re: configuring/using xscanimage
Brian Hall (brihall@pcisys.net)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 07:06:40 -0700 (MST)
On 27-Jan-98 David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:46:29 -0700 (MST), Brian Hall
>>>>>> <brihall@pcisys.net> said:
>
> Brian> I have managed to compile scanimage and xscanimage from
> Brian> sane-0.69 on RedHat 5.0. This time, both scanimage and
> Brian> xscanimage appear to work fine (no core dumps). However, I
> Brian> can't figure out how to use xscanimage. Maybe I'm just dense,
> Brian> or are the included docs a little skimpy? Anyway, I could use
> Brian> some help. I can pick either pnm:0 or 1 on xscanimage start,
> Brian> I choose 0. I leave the output filename as-is, and I've been
> Brian> trying to figure out what to put into the input filename to
> Brian> get it to read from the scanner.
>
> Brian> I have a Mustek 6000CX on an Adaptec 2940U. The combination
> Brian> seems to work fine with scanimage itself.
>
> For some reason, xscanimage doesn't detect your scanner. It should
> show up as mustek:/dev/scanner or some such. Did you invoke
> xscanimage directly or through gimp? In the latter case, make sure
> that ~/.gimp/pluginrc is current (you can do this by deleting the
> file, then invoking gimp).
I invoked xscanimage directly. However, scanimage does see the scanner. What
could cause one program to see the scanner and the other not to?
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E-Mail: Brian Hall <brihall@pcisys.net>
Date: 27-Jan-98
Time: 07:05:41
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