On Thursday 11 September 2003 10:29 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:26, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > can I ask if 'onto the
> > scanner database' implies that you have actually had it working? I
> > have a CanoScan FS2710 which is recognised, but I get a 100% freeze
> > when I try to use it.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Yes, I was able to use it in Xsane-Gimp to scan 35mm colour negative and
> slide film. I've done some superficial checking on the adjustments for
> film type and gamma and they seem to work OK. Haven't checked on
> modifying the resolution yet.
>
> One thing - getting it onto the scanner database seemed to need two
> passes of Scannerdrake. The first time it said OK, you can now use the
> scanner, but in fact, on re-running, it wasn't saved on the database.
> The second time, Add a scanner manually, select 2700F from Canon, click
> and hold on choose device to select /dev/sg1 did the trick (Maybe I
> should have gone straight to this in the first place - I haven't
> checked).
> Don't know if that would be any use to you.
>
>
> Thanks for your help in getting me here!
>
> DougB
Doug, I forgot to ask <smacking self on head> did you do a "depmod -a" after
making all the changes? Just a thought....
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