Re: a few questions

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> I am having trouble getting answers to some questions regarding SANE. I am
> currently using RedHat 6.0 an EPSON Perfection 636 scanner and an Adaptec
> 1460 SCSI card (PCMCIA). Linux recognizes my scanner but SANE does not.
> Is this a scanner that is supported? I have seen the list of supported
> backends , but was not able to tell if this scanner is supported. Secondly
> is there anything else I need to do after I install SANE, so that it will
> see the scanner?

You need to have generic SCSI support in the kernel. The default Red Hat
Linux 6.0 kernel does support it but requires you to load this module by
hand.

Load it with:
insmod sg

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