Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem : latest

2018-07-19 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 19 July 2018 10:29:19 BST Philip Webb wrote: > (1) I've tested 'iscan' & the result is the same failure as 'xsane'. > > (2) I've checked the contents of /etc/sane.d as they are now, > as they were at my last back-up before 180626 (when scanning worked) > & as they are in the Mint

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem : latest

2018-07-19 Thread Philip Webb
(1) I've tested 'iscan' & the result is the same failure as 'xsane'. (2) I've checked the contents of /etc/sane.d as they are now, as they were at my last back-up before 180626 (when scanning worked) & as they are in the Mint partition, where scanning still works : there's no significant

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-19 Thread Raffaele Belardi
Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for the replies so far, which I've followed up with ideas of my own. > ... > > Further thoughts from anyone are very welcome. > Sometimes removing or renaming the .xsane directory (or whatever it's named, I'm not in front of my desktop now) from my home directory

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-18 Thread Andrew Udvare
> On 2018-07-18, at 04:16, Philip Webb wrote: > > (3) I can scan without problems using Mint Xfce (on another partition), > so it's not a hardware problem. > > (4) 'lsusb' lists "Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0418: 013b Seiko Epson Corp". > > (5) the 'epkowa' driver is the latest version : a

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-18 Thread Philip Webb
Thanks for the replies so far, which I've followed up with ideas of my own. (1) In /etc/sane.d/dll.conf (at the end) it lists # Add support for the Epson-specific backend. Needs media-gfx/iscan installed epkowa I've installed 'iscan', but it makes no difference. (2) The 2 pkgs which

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-17 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 17 July 2018 15:23:06 BST Jack wrote: > On 2018.07.17 02:38, Philip Webb wrote: > > My scanner -- Epson Perfection V550 Photo -- is suddenly not detected > > > > when I enter 'xsane' (via the menu or Alt-F2), it says "no devices > > available". > > > > I last used it without any

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-17 Thread Jack
On 2018.07.17 02:38, Philip Webb wrote: My scanner -- Epson Perfection V550 Photo -- is suddenly not detected : when I enter 'xsane' (via the menu or Alt-F2), it says "no devices available". I last used it without any problem 180626. Since then, I've updated my kernel & some other pkgs.

Re: [gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-17 Thread Steven Lembark
> Since then, I've updated my kernel & some other pkgs. You build your own kernel or rely on modules to handle it all? Any idea what modules you've rebuilt since the last use of the scanner? As a sanity check you might want to take a look at VueScan. Hamerick does a nice to of just making

[gentoo-user] scanner problem

2018-07-17 Thread Philip Webb
My scanner -- Epson Perfection V550 Photo -- is suddenly not detected : when I enter 'xsane' (via the menu or Alt-F2), it says "no devices available". I last used it without any problem 180626. Since then, I've updated my kernel & some other pkgs. I've checked the USB physical connection ; the