et wrote: > <snip> > >>But the question is, can one set up such a scanner with scannerdrake >>without having to edit the /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf manually to enter >>the firmware path? Ideally, scannerdrake would prompt for the user to >>locate the firmware file on the driver CD. >> >>I have Prise 640U. > > well it seems to me this is more of a sane / xsane thing than a problem in > Mandrake,
Then why have scannerdrake at all?? I also don't see how sane/xsane can fix this without a configuration to use the scanner firmware? Or do you mean sane/xsane should write firmware for all scanners???? and it also seems to me that very few folks are going to "know" or > to "intuit" the arcane number schemes that are used for the different > firmware. > But support would be much easier, simply tell the user which firmware file to use ... At present the user has to 1)Guess that they need to configure the firmware 2)Guess which file to edit 3)Guess which firmware to use Scannerdrake support for firmware would reduce the number of guesses to 1. Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
