Thanks again Paul.
Yes, My sanner is now working. I think sane was installed, because when I
run xcanimage it worked.
Bye
Pedro
>From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:44:37 +0200 (CEST)
>
>On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote:
>
>Hi Pedro,
>
> >Thanks Paul and Alan for your help.
> >As I am very new with Linux there is a lot of things that I do not know
>how
> >to do. So I kindly ask you again for your help to put my scanner working.
> >
> >ID of scanner: Ok
> >
> >Install SANE package: The only package I found is "SANE-devel" that is
> >"static libraries and header files for writing SANE modules". If it is
>this
> >package ok, it is installed (I made the installation with rpmDrake).
>
>Sane-DEVEL means it is the development package for sane. There inside are
>the program files for it so you can change the program to make it better,
>if you wish.
>The package that you need, as named on my MDK7.0-2 CD, is:
>
>sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm
>
>In many cases it is already installed. You can check this by opening a
>terminal and typing
>
>xscanimage
>
>In my case (did that on the computer WITHOUT the scanner) I see
>
>[paul@internet paul]$ xscanimage xscanimage: no devices available.
>Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 534 (gtk_main_quit): assertion
>`main_loops != NULL' failed.
>
> >I read the readme file and I saw:
> >"Configuration: Simply invoke configure in the top level directory"
> >
> >Question 1: What is the top level directory?
>
>This is the directory where the development package has been
>installed. Often /usr/src/sane...something..
>
> >Question 2: How do I invoke configure? What is the exact words that I
>should
> >write? Can configure be made from the console under kde?
> >In "Building and installing software packages for linux" I read "Note
>that
> >if you run configure, it should be invoked as ./configure to ensure that
>the
> >correct configure script that will accomplish this purpose". I tried
>write
> >./configure + enter, but I received an error message No file or
>directory.
>
>./configure is indeed the right one, but you need to run that in the
>directory where the 'configure' file is located.
>(Adding this as extra info, with the real program package you should not
>need all this)
>
> >So, if you can help me with detailed and concrete instructions of how to
> >finish my installation of SANE package I would appreciate very much ;)
>
>In case you can run xscanimage (either as user or root, don't remember how
>I do it), and you do not get a "command not found" error in a terminal, it
>is already installed.
>Is it not installed, locate the sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm file on the CD
>and install that by running
>
>rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm
>
>
>[paul@internet RPMS]$ which xscanimage
>/usr/bin/xscanimage
>
>Then you run
>
>xscanimage
>
>and see what happens. You can also create a shortcut to it on your desktop
>when you scan a lot, of course.
>
>The first time you run xscanimage, it will look for your scanner and try
>to identify it. Worked great with my simple Mustek scanner so that Epson
>should not be a problem. After that you're home free!
>Good luck, and howl if you still have a problem. In case you can't find
>the sane...rpm, let me know and I can e-mail it to you if necessary. It is
>650Kb.
>
>Paul
>
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>After that you should be able to get a similar result as I do:
>
>
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