there are commandline scanning programs. not quitte as easy to use because of the lack off a preview window, but ultimately you can do
scanimage --mode Color --resolution 300 --contrast 75 -l 0 -t 0 -x 120 -y 200 On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:44:16 +1300 Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Nick Rout wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:21, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > > >>Its a Via VT8235 based USB 2.0 controller, on an Asrock K7VM4 mobo, and > >>there are 3 USB hubs for a total of 6 USB 1.x/2.0 ports, none of which > >>allow me to see the device on the bus... > > > > watch cat /proc/bus/usb/devices > > > > plug and unplug the scanner a few times and see if the output > > of /proc/bus/usb/devices changes > > Thanks Nick...I'll give it a crack. Just from interest I plugged > the scanner into my vintage 133MHz Toshiba laptop, and it can see > the scanner fine, so thank goodness the scanner isn't bung. I'd > try scanning on the laptop, but X windows tends to swallow all > the RAM in the laptop (48MB) even with IceWM or FVWM, let alone > a RAM hog like KDE! Scanning 6x4 photos at 1200dpi will likely > kill the laptop stone dead! :-( > > -- > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
