Re: xscanimage on Gimp

From: Alvaro Nunes (alvaronunes@netc.pt)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2000 - 14:24:22 PDT

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    Thanks. My problem now is to know where to find this version of sane. I
    looked to this on www.mostang.com but I don't find this. Can someone tell
    me?

    Alvaro

    > Kind of coming into the middle of this, but it appears that you may be
    > having the same problem I was having. Mandrake 7.0 here with GIMP 1.0.4
    > and sane 1.0.1. I couldn't get GIMP to see my scanner. I upgraded sane
    > to 1.0.2-3mdk and my problems disappeared. Apparently the sane 1.0.1
    > that comes with Mandrake does not have the gimp support.
    >
    > You do want to link /usr/bin/xscanimage to ~/.gimp/plug-ins
    > Mandrake apparently puts xscanimage in a different dir then the sane
    > docs outline.
    >
    > Alvaro Nunes wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi Steve,
    > >
    > > I had already tried
    > >
    > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage
    (your/gimp/home/directory)/.gimp/plug-ins
    > >
    > > but, as in my system (Mandrake 7.02) xscanimage is in
    /usr/bin/xscanimage
    > >
    > > I pointed the link to this. I this correct? If it is, then maybe there
    is
    > > nothing more that I can do, since this way I can see xscanimage on Gimp.
    > > BTW, my Gimp is 1.04.
    > >
    > > If I search for xscanimage I found the file on this locations:
    > >
    > > /home/alvaro[my user account]/.sane/xscanimage
    > > /root/.gimp/plug-ins/xscanimage
    > > /root/.sane/xscanimage
    > > /usr/bin/xscanimage
    > > /usr/lib/gimp/1.0/plug-ins/xscanimage
    > >
    > > Maybe I should put the link to this last location. But I tried that to
    > > without any success.
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > > Alv
    > >
    > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > From: "Steve Sheriff" <fsanta@arrakis.es>
    > > To: <sane-devel@mostang.com>
    > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:46 AM
    > > Subject: Re: xscanimage on Gimp
    > >
    > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > Hi,
    > > > >
    > > > > I want make my scanner works on Gimp with xscanimage. The xscanimage
    > > seems works weell - at least on console -, but, I can't make this work
    on
    > > Gimp. I tried with a link or even puting xscanimage on Gimp plug-ins
    folder.
    > > Nevertheless, when I open Gimp there is no signs of xscanimage. Can you
    help
    > > me?
    > > > >
    > > > > Thanks
    > > > > Al
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > > Hi Al Hi everyone.
    > > >
    > > > I've only got it to work with the stable version 1.0.4. The line is
    > > >
    > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage
    (your/gimp/home/directory)/.gimp/plug-ins
    > > >
    > > > Or on the 1.1.x versions change the /.gimp/ to /.gimp-1.1/
    > > >
    > > > Let us know if you get any of the 1.1.x versions working!
    > > >
    > > > Good luck. Steve.
    > > >
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    > I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
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