On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:55:03 +0100 rich <for...@gimpusers.com> wrote:
> >Hi > > >How do I get Gimp 2.6.11 to work w/my SCSI scanner? I am > >presently running Xubuntu 11.10 Live CD. CentOS 5 s > >installed on my HDD. It's version of Gimp runs my SCSI > >scanner. > > >Do I need to download XSANE? > > FWIW: I do not think you will get it working from a live > CD. > > First stop is to check the sane database > > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=&model=&bus=scsi&v=&p= > > If your scanner is supported then you will need to > install xsane from your distribution repo. > > Next step, Gimp needs a xsane-gimp plugin. Seems to be > one for CentOS, bound to be one for Ubuntu. > > > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/8078537/com/xsane-gimp-0.991-5.el5.i386.rpm.html > > All being well, there is a menu entry in Gimp: 'File' -> > 'Create' -> 'Xsane' which calls xsane for scanning and > passes the result back to Gimp. > > > -- > rich (via gimpusers.com) > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list Hi XSane, comes installed w/Xubuntu 11.10. The problem is that Gimp 2.6.11 does not refer to it from it's menu as it used to do. I found it has to be accessed via the command line: sane-find-scanner Tom _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
