On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:11 PM, tom <thomas.w.crans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/19/2016 02:51 PM, m. allan noah wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:39 PM, tom <thomas.w.crans...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 04/19/2016 06:27 AM, m. allan noah wrote: >>>> >>>> The Expression 636 is listed as supported by the epson2 backend that >>>> ships with sane. Does it not work for you? >>> >>> No. I was told by Linux Mint Forum that support for the 636 is no longer >>> in >>> the linux kernel. I am running Mint 17. I booted Fedora 5 live, and it >>> would >>> not run it either. I had it connected with parallel cable, and also >>> parallel >>> to USB cable. does sane work with either? I have adaptec card i could add >>> to >>> a 32 bit machine and connect with SCSI. What is epson2 backend? not >>> familiar >>> with that term. Something I add? >>> >> So is it not supported by the kernel, or not supported by sane. Those >> are two different software packages. >> >> allan >> > I was told my mint forum that it is no longer supported by the kernel. How > can I verify? I ran simple scan got message 'scanner (probably) detected - > may or may not be supported by SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backends > manual' I got no results from running scanimage -L
Let's keep the list included in the email, so there is some record. You might also want to join the mailing list, since this could be a long conversation :) Try running the following at the terminal, as the root user: SANE_DEBUG_EPSON2=255 scanimage -L and lets see what kind of info you can find in the debugging log. allan -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
