[sane-devel] As instructed by /etc/udev/rules.d/libsane.rules

2009-11-19 Thread Richard Ryniker
Udev rules are never likely to be a "stable interface". Hardware devices and connection mechanisms change over time, therefore new and different information will be produced; the events recognized and reported may change as the kernel's structure evolves; additional function in the applications th

[sane-devel] Epkowa backend + XSane preview

2009-11-19 Thread Ille
Hi! I do have a problem with XSane (0.997) and the epkowa backend (out o f iscan_2.22.1-2). My scanner is a Perfection 4490 Photo, so I'm using the GT-X750 plugin. The problem is as following: - when using the TPU, the preview is wrong sized (top left is 0,0 as expected, but bottom right is only

[sane-devel] As instructed by /etc/udev/rules.d/libsane.rules

2009-11-19 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Nov 18 13:35 Richard Ryniker wrote (shortened): > The syscall interface is how applications request kernel services. > It is not a general mechanism for the kernel to start userspace > applications. I did not mean only the particular "syscall interface". I mean the general idea behind

[sane-devel] As instructed by /etc/udev/rules.d/libsane.rules

2009-11-19 Thread Alesh Slovak
Johannes Meixner wrote: > On Nov 18 09:20 Alesh Slovak wrote (shortened): >> But like I said, I really don't care who is the cause >> of this problem, I just want to see if we can fix it somehow. > > If you don't care who is the cause of this problem, > you cannot fix the problem and actually your

[sane-devel] As instructed by /etc/udev/rules.d/libsane.rules

2009-11-19 Thread Alesh Slovak
Julien BLACHE wrote: > If we really want to do that, then we must agree on a location for those > files and we need to ship a wrapper script that will rebuild the rules > from the desc files. > > This is how it'll work: > - third party backend package is installed > -> calls update-sane-udev