Uli,
> Meph Istopheles wrote:
> > Now it's my turn to ask about scanners.
> > In any case, in lm7.2, everything, of course, is rpm.
> > Trouble is, the module for the Plustek (parallel) requires
> > first installing the module into the sane directory & then
> > recompiling sane. Uh, is there a way to do that with an rpm?
> > Otherwise, which tar version of sane would I get? The doc on
> > the module doesn't go into that.
> > Meph
> ...the Plustek parallel port scanners work very well with linux
> (even better than with windows because the system is not
> blocked during scanning).
Excellent. Thought I'd installed W98 over my W2k last night
(got to go into Windows in a few to get some stuff installed &
see if my dos games can find the sound card). My girl friend & I
are each dual-booting on our boxes, but she spends little time in
Windows, & I would likely only go there for games. I hated
having to put the scanner there -- not only for the reason you
state above -- because, with the scanner between our desks, Linux
will allow scanning from either box -- Winows won't.
> You should install the following rpms:
> sane-1.0.4-1mdk
> sane-frontends-1.0.4-1mdk
> libsane1-1.0.4-1mdk
> sane-backends-1.0.4-1mdk
> Then get from http://home.t-online.de/home/g-jaeger/plustek.html the
> appropiate driver plustek-sane-0_37_23.tar.gz
> put this file in a new directory e.g. plustek
> tar zxvf plustek-sane-0_37_23.tar.gz
> cd plustek_driver
> make
> su
> make install
> read the INSTALL-File for the modification of /etc/modules.conf
Too cool. Thank you. I'll check that out this after noon:-).
Meph
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"I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
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