Hi Gustin, I'm using debian 4.0, etch.
Robin On Jan 6, 2008 11:49 PM, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----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 >
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