Microtek2 and Sane

From: dicknskp (dicknskp@coastside.net)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 19:43:43 PDT

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    I am running Caldera eDesk 2.4 on a Dell OptiPlex
    GXa. I am running only Linux, not a dual boot
    machine. I have a MultiTech ScanMaker X6 attached.
    It worked fine under old Windoze. It was not
    turned on when I installed Linux, but plug-n-pray
    doesn't seem to work on this box. It is a SCSI
    internal type running off the parallel port as a
    physical attachment. The printer by-pass
    capability works great for my HP DeskJet 890C.

    I have Sane 1.0.1 installed. When I try "scanimage
    --list-devices" on the terminal I get no response
    at all. Just back to the command prompt. When I
    try "scanimage --device pnm:0 --help" I get the
    full output as shown in the tutorial. Looking in
    the sane.rc file there is:

    "device "
    (nil)

    I tried using xscanimage to define the device and
    when using the KDE menu entry under
    KDE->Graphic->X Scanimage I get no response at
    all. The application does not run. I tried to
    invoke xscanimage under a command
    line and get:

    Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain_c: line 534
    (gtk_main_quit): assertion 'main_loops != NULL'
    failed.

    If at the command line I enter:

    xscanimage <file_name> pnm:0

    xscanimage opens and will show the named file in a
    preview.

    I probably don't have a proper /dev entry and I am
    sure that the Microtek2 driver is not loaded.
    However, being new to Linux I am not sure how to
    accomplish the basic setup. Also, I can't figure
    out which device to use and how to alter the sane
    config file.

    Any advice greatly appreciated.

    I intend to run xscanimage as a plug-in frontend
    to GIMP once I get it to work.

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