-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What distro are you using? It worked fine for me (other than not detecting a non-existing scanner) on a a couple of Ubuntu boxes.
Cheers, Richard Carter wrote: > Hi Gustin, > > Thanks for the tip. I did copy the vuescan.dat file, I even extracted > it but without success. > > Robin > > On Jan 4, 2008 6:44 PM, Gustin Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > vuescan worked for me out of the box on a KUbuntu install > > There is no need to copy the executable to /usr/local/bin > > I extracted the tgz to a folder and then ran it from there. There is a > zip file (vuescan.dat ) that has a lot of stuff in it. If you did not > copy this file as well then that could be the source of your problem. > > With all the documentation files, I would just run it from its own > directory. > > Personally, I would just get a scanner supported by sane. The only way > to effect change is to get a significant number of people to vote with > their dollars. Additionally, if given the option, I tend to support an > open software solution as opposed to a proprietary one (ie, I will > donate to FLOSS projects before buying a proprietary solution). > > Hope this helps, > > Richard Carter wrote: > | Happy New Year Folks, > | > | I got an Epson Perfection V500 PHOTO scanner for Xmas. It is not > listed > | on the SANE web site (I've filled out "the form for adding an > | unsupported device > | <http://www.meier-geinitz.de/tinc?key=rDoQ7lrj&formname=adddev > <http://www.meier-geinitz.de/tinc?key=rDoQ7lrj&formname=adddev>>".) and > | xsane, under debian 4.0, can't find it. > | > | So I thought I'd try vuescan. I downloaded vuesca84.tgz, unpacked it > | and copied the executable file vuescan to /usr/local/bin. When I > enter > | "vuescan" in a terminal, as either robin or su, I get > | > | "vuescan: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: > | cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" > | > | But libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 is in /usr/lib. I've tried copying > | libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 to /lib, /usr/lib32, /usr/local/lib, and > | /usr/share but got the same response. > | > | I emailed Ed Hamrick (the developer of vuescan) but his reply was > | "Unfortunately, I don't know much about Linux libraries." > | > | I'd appreciate any advice. > | > | Robin Carter > | > | > | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | > | _______________________________________________ > | clug-talk mailing list > | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > | Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > | **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHga9VwRXgH3rKGfMRAlB3AJ958YlnYyiOXzCu4giPVQci8mNiAACfeZ+l XnIvPirWpJrz5n0BZaq1i7s= =0fga -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
