On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 04:54:47PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Dale. > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 06:33:47AM -0600, Dale wrote: > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Another question - is there any sensible way of cutting the unnecessary > > >> stuff out of SANE_BACKENDS? That variable is set in the ebuild, and it > > >> doesn't feel the Right Thing to edit the ebuild file. > > > >>> -- > > >>> - Yohan Pereira > > > Set it in 'make.conf'. > > > > -- > > > Joost > > > > If you are like me and not sure what to search for, this is a example: > > > SANE_BACKENDS="avision" > > Thanks. For me it's SANE_BACKENDS="plustek". Not sure why, since it's a > Canon scanner. Got that info from running sane and opening its info > window. > > > You would almost certainly need to replace that avision. I found a used > > scanner only to find out why they didn't want it either, it was broke. > > lol > > I got mine given me by somebody who'd just upgraded to Windows 7; it > didn't work in W7. Haven't you got to love Microsoft? ;-) > > > If you do a emerge -vp <sane package>, it should show you the available > > options. You could google for them to but emerge could be faster. > > > Hope that helps. > > > Dale > > > :-) :-) > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Oh, I feel your pain, and won't go back there. When we moved back to the States and opened the comp shop, we bought a HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910. It does everything (including scanning) from an embedded webserver. Just type it's IP in your browser and you can do whatever you want with a multifunction printer. Scanning has never been easier, the quality has never been even close, and it's so extremely nice to have a printer that works ... every function. We've always used HP printers with Linux because they supply drivers; but now, more than ever, I wouldn't consider anything else. Just my 2c... -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ [email protected] 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
