On 2018-04-08, songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: > Brian wrote: > ... >> You could resolve the idea that sane is involved with >> >> apt purge libsane > > that takes out: > > colord > hplip > libsane > printer-driver-postscript-hp
He probably means you purge it, then see, then know (at which point reinstallation is, of course, your option and your right). The purge is a troubleshooting measure, not a definitive renouncement. > which 3 out of the 4 i do use. > > i've removed every *sane* package i can without taking > out things i actually use. that was my first approach > to dealing with it before i got into other angles. > > all ok this afternoon so far... :) > > songbird > > -- "Poor juvenile solutions, explaining nothing. No need then for caution, we may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift." --Samuel Beckett