Karl, On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 22:09, Karl Heinz Kremer wrote: > On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 08:28:03PM +0100, Thomas Wenrich wrote: > > After some hours trying the new Epson-KAWA frontend I think this should > > NOT be called a 'SANE frontend'; it comes with it's own backend called > > 'epson' which looks incompatible to the epson backend currently in > > SANE(CVS). > > It's based on an earlier version of the "real" backend. It is a > SANE backend, and the IScan software uses the Sane protocol to > talk to this backend. So technically it is a Sane frontend.
Maybe it's another "sane distribution", but IMO it's no "frontend". A "frontend" should work together with the current [or a recent] standard SANE backends. > > a) a Bug in the SANE epson.c (Patch enclosed) > > The reset() function should never be called when the scanner > device is not open. At least I am not aware of a situation > where this would happen. Did you experience this only with > IScan, or also with standard Sane frontends? At least my xsane calls reset() with a closed scanner during initialization when setting option 41 (OPT_SOURCE). Maybe my setup is special - I use the 1650 mostly for scanning slides. It also happens with the following scanimage command: scanimage -d epson:/dev/usb/scanner0 \ --format PNM \ --mode Color \ --depth 8 \ --brightness -1 \ --sharpness 2 \ --gamma-correction "High density printing" \ --color-correction "CRT monitors" \ --resolution $_res \ $_pos \ --source "Transparency Unit" \ --film-type "Positive Film" \ --focus-position "$_focus" \ >tmp.pnm || exit 1 > > After discovering my install problem (iscan+backend in /usr, SANE in > > /usr/local) I installed iscan+backend also in /usr/local. Now iscan > > works, but I can't get xsane to display previews. > > I will look into this. I think you can cancel this point. Just tried it again, now xsane works even when the iscan backend is installed (?). Regards, Thomas -- Bergbilder: http://www.timeware.at/wet