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Topic: Sane/usb-scanner, how to install / use the scanner in DSL

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Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 23 2005,07:39

Well, the plustek.conf file must be right because i got the scanner to "scan"/do something using the (frontend) command: saneadf (in a xterm). The command: scanimage -L showed that my hp-scanner is detected by sane (and supported). Only thing is Xsane (frontend-application) doesn't work. I get this error message:

[xsane] ERROR: license text not found. Looks like xsane is not installed correct.

Which is strange because i apt-get (-d) everything for sane and xsane and dpkg -i it all. (at work). Maybe i need to repeat this at home ? (different box)

This is the order in which i dpkg -i the deb-files: (which is the order in which apt-get wants it)

libgimp
libusb
libsane
sane
libpng
xsane

Ps: even a apt-get install sane/apt-get install xsane will eventually not work (give the above mentioned error for xsane)

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Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 23 2005,08:04

I just found out that i have to dpkg -i libusb BEFORE libsane (because of the dependency of libsane -> libusb). But xsane still won't budge...

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Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 23 2005,12:49

Ok, so the testing version of Xsane & Sane do startup (on my box at work). Tonight i wil test it at home with a scanner attached...

I just did that and now sane doesn't even detect my scanner.. (it could be that i am dkpg -i -ing the deb-files in the wrong order, there are a lot of them you know... and i am kind of "easy-going")

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xawtv imagemagick xplanet

Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 27 2005,17:12

Complete describition of what i am doing (wrong?)

apt-get update (stable)

apt-get install sane (5 Mb)
Configuration file `/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** plustek.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

Y (i have already made a working plustek.conf and i replace the orginal one with my own)

apt-get install xsane (5 Mb)

root@0[dsl]# xsane
[xsane] ERROR: license text not found. Looks like xsane is not installed correct.

Reboot (so the installed sane/xsane is removed)

Trying testing-debian version

apt-get update (changed sourcelist to testing)
apt-get install sane (17 Mb unpacked)

configuring lib-pango1.0-common (answering yes/no doesn't make a difference)

Errors were encountered while processing:
libgphoto2-2
libgphoto2-port0
libsane
sane-utils
sane
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

apt-get install xsane (1,6 mb unpacked)
Setting up libgphoto2-2 (2.1.5-3) ...
Adding group camera (101)...
groupadd: unable to open shadow group file
addgroup: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 101 camera' returned error code 10. Aborting.
Cleaning up.
dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-2 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgphoto2-port0:
libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2; however:
Package libgphoto2-2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-port0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsane:
libsane depends on libgphoto2-2 (>= 2.1.5-2); however:
Package libgphoto2-2 is not configured yet.
libsane depends on libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.1.5-2); however:
Package libgphoto2-port0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libsane (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sane-utils:
sane-utils depends on libsane (>= 1.0.11-3); however:
Package libsane is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing sane-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sane:
sane depends on libsane (>= 1.0.11-3); however:
Package libsane is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing sane (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xsane:
xsane depends on libsane (>= 1.0.11-3); however:
Package libsane is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xsane (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgphoto2-2
libgphoto2-port0
libsane
sane-utils
sane
xsane
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

But i am out of idea's right now...

This time Xsane does work but there is no scanner detected (scanimage -L doesn't find it either)

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WM -biff -cdplay -clockmon -smixer -usic -top -net -biff -ifinfo -cpuload
gps vnc LinNeighborhood (samba) QtParted bdc
xawtv imagemagick xplanet

Patrick

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Posted: Mar. 08 2005,12:44

I am out of luck... CAN ANYBODY HELP?

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xawtv imagemagick xplanet

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