>    Web searches and the Xsane documentation pages do not have the answer
> to
> a new issue here.
>
>    Using a laptop (Slackware-14.1_x64 fully up-to-date) with a built-in
> camera in the lid and the external flatbed scanner turned on and connected
> via a USB port, Xsane sees only the camera and not the scanner.
>
>    My server/workstation has no camera so I've not before encountered this
> situation. When I invoke Xsane with the scanner turned on, the application
> finds it (displaying it twice) and offers me a choice of which to use. On
> the laptop there is no dialog box showing the internal camera and the
> flatbed scanner.
>
>    I've read the entire Setup section of the Xsane on-line docs and have
> not
> found anything about selecting input devices. If no one here has an answer
> I'll post the question on linuxquestions.org.

What model scanner?

I have an Epson V600 Photo scanner and it required special drivers from
Epson. It took a little hackery to get the binary blobs to recognise.
(Symlinks to differening .so versions for libraries.) Once I did that
XSane would just see the scanner. Xsane looks for available scanners on
load.

Check the scanner manufacturer site for drivers.


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