On Sunday 24 June 2007 13:04, Charles Obler wrote: > --- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I hope I will have time to try your procedure > > > tomorrow, Rajko. It depends on whether I can find > > > > the > > > > > cables and parts for the scanner. It's a Mustek > > > > 600 > > > > > III EP Plus. > > > > Your scanner might be one of those that are > > supported. > > > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-MUSTEK > > It is using mustek_pp backend and according to man > > page > > it is working. > > > > Just go to YaST, and after it doesn't find scanner, > > click > > on Add and you will be presented with list, Type > > Mustek 600 III EP Plus > > in search box (or just copy and paste) and it will > > give > > you single hit. From here it should be recognized. > > If you have problem to get it scan than it is > > another > > problem. Ask the list with error description and > > someone > > will jump in. > > I did as you suggested, Rajko. YaST does have an > entry for my device, and it completed the "add" -- but > the "add" had no effect. The YaST sidebar comment > says that pp scanners have to be configured manually.
Which is what you did. > I also tried the instructions on your scanner page > > http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rajko_m/wip Now it is on: http://en.opensuse.org/Parallel_port_scanners a bit changed and needs proof reading :-) The work in progress (wip) has now few smilies to play with :-) > I downloaded the files and tried the make. I got the > > following errors: > :~/Scanner/ppscsi-beta2> make > > make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` modules > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.3-obj/i386/default' > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop. > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.3-obj/i386/default' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > :~/Scanner/ppscsi-beta2> OK. I see. cd /usr/src/linux/ make cloneconfig make prepare I'm not sure is "make prepare" necessary, it could be included in target "cloneconfig" but it doesn't hurt. I'll correct the wiki page in a few minutes. > With make, I'm a complete novice. I know I need to > study the "info make" pages. Perhaps the above "make" > needs to be run under root authority -- but I'm > reluctant to do that till I know what I'm doing! No. I needed root login after compiling was done. > I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I found a > little instability in my system. In one session, I > lost the KDE start menu, and in another session, > panels and tabs started mixing and overlapping, till > KDE finally crashed and took me back to login. I > decided to let the system settle before making any > more changes. > > > Compiling drivers isn't problem. You have to have > > current kernel sources that will be installed by > > YaST in a standard location > > > > /usr/src/linux > > and command make, but as mentioned in case of your > > scanner it might be not necessary. > > > > For text mode work I would recommend Midnight > > Commander: > > http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander > > it is very capable and after relative short learning > > you'll > > have many tools at your hand: > > http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander/Tips > > that otherwise you have to learn one by one. ... > I love mc and I use it constantly. On my new 10.2 > system, however, mc is very slow to start. I had a > similar problem with 9.0 when I added bash code to my > .bashrc file, but that is not the cause of the delay > here in 10.2, since .bashrc is empty. > > Thanks again for the quick response and the advice! > It's good to be a part of such a lively list. It is :-) -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
