Hi, Karl
I have done and it works !!!
bye bye
Pierfrancesco Tateo
Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
> You have to recompile the Sane package sane-backends-1.0.4
> on your system. I am not familiar with Mandrake, so I can
> not tell you exactly what you have to do.
>
> I know that Mandrake is based on RPMs, so you should be able
> to find the source RPM for Sane and install and build it with
> the new backend from my site.
>
> I would do it this way:
>
> - install source RPM
> - build the sytem once using the rpm -ba <path_to_sane_spec_file>
> - go to /usr/src/package/BUILD/sane-.../backends and replace the
> epson.c and epson.h files with the ones from the from my web site
> (http://www.freecolormanagement.com/sane)
>
> Then just do a make in the backends directory. This will rebuild
> just the EPSON backend. You can find the new one in the .libs directory.
> Just copy the file .libs/libsane-epson.so.1.0.4 to the Sane library
> directory (probably /usr/lib/sane).
>
> Karl Heinz
>
> tateopfr@tin.it said:
>
> > Hi, Karl
> > I'm testing using Mandrake 8.0 - libsane-epson.so.1.0.4
> > original library is of 76952 bytes 4 gen 2001
> > so is not updated
> > I downloaded libsane-epson.so.1.0.4.tar.gz
> > But how to build updated library ?
> > Can you send me instructions to compile or a binary version ( 586, 686 ) ?
> > I found a binary version of 82722 bytes ( some week ago and I forgot from
> > where )
> > but no solution
> > always : PREMATURE AND OF FILE
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Pierfrancesco Tateo
> >
> > Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
> >
> > > In your last mail you reported that this also happens with
> > > my backend version dated 2001-03-31. I released this version
> > > actually to fix this problem. The Perfection610/640 needs some
> > > re-ordering of scan lines, which results in dropped lines at the
> > > top and bottom of a scan. In older versions I got the number
> > > of lines to drop wrong, the 3/31 version fixes this - at least
> > > for the Perfection610. I don't have access to a 640, but so
> > > far they proofed to be very similar.
> > >
> > > Can you please verify that the problem does show up with the
> > > latest version.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Karl Heinz
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:49:36AM +0200, tateopfr@tin.it wrote:
> > > > anthony coates wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > i have just bought this scanner and i can not get that far i can not
> > > > > even scan
> > > > > enything when i debug epson=255 scanimage -L
> > > > > i get pnmo is a no name pnm file reader virual device and
> > > > > i get pnm1 is a no name pnm file reader virtual device
> > > > > what am i doing wrong if you could drop me a line i would be grateful
> > > > > thanks---tony
> > > >
> > > > 1) I have used distribution with usb support : kernel >= 2.2.18,
> > > > slackware 7.1, Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0
> > > >
> > > > 2) enable usb support test : ls /proc/bus/usb
> > > > give you : 001/ 002/ devices driver
> > > >
> > > > 3) cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> > > > tell you with scanner connected to USB ( normally at the end ) :
> > > > vendor = 0x4b8 product=0x10c
> > > > Perfection 640
> > > >
> > > > 4) lsmod to see if the module : scanner is loaded
> > > > if not you should type :
> > > > modprobe scanner vendor=0x4b8 product=0x10c
> > > >
> > > > 5) you must have device definition : /dev/usb/scanner0
> > > > to create it : mknod /dev/usbscanner0 c 180 48
> > > > chmod 666 /dev/usb/scanner0 ( max global permission depend on you
> > > > )
> > > > you can create a general link : ln -s /dev/usb/scanner0
> > > > /dev/usbscanner
> > > >
> > > > 6) you should have /etc/sane.d/epson.conf ( location depends on
> > > > distribution )
> > > > enable at the and of this file : /dev/usbscanner
> > > >
> > > > 7) you are ready :
> > > > scanimage -d epson --mode gray > gray.pnm : 10-20 second
> > > > and scanner start
> > > > scanimage -d epson --mode color > color.pnm :
> > > >
> > > > or more flexible and with preview : xscanimage
> > > >
> > > > in both cases ( scanimage and xscanimage )
> > > > opening generated color files with
> > > > GIMP ( other programs give error too )
> > > > show a messagge : PREMATURE END OF FILE
> > > > and is not possible to see.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Pierfrancesco Tateo
> > >
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> >
>
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