Hi, On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:51 AM Charles Lindsey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 08/09/2020 23:01, Ralph Little wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:12 PM Charles Lindsey <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I refer you to the thread starting at > > > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-devel/2013-February/030905.html > > > https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/merge_requests/33 > > > > ...and is reported to have fixed the issue. Version 1.0.27 is a very old > version > > of SANE. > > Perhaps you could update your version to 1.0.31 of SANE by adding the > new PPA: > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > > I went there and it said: > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-release > sudo apt-get update > > What it Didn't say (and it took me several hours to find out) is that you > then > have to say > > sudo apt-get install libsane=1.0.31 > > after which it seems to have worked (well, I have scanned the same > document 6 > times without problem). Now to get the gamma correction sorted out - but > that > can wait till tomorrow. > > Ah yes. The other option would be: sudo apt-get upgrade ...if you already had SANE installed, which should automatically pick up the more up-to-date version. Usually on here, we would add that little gem if we were giving instructions to someone. The PPA site text is canned wording from launchpad and I guess that they assume that users would know what to do next. Glad to hear that you now have success! Good luck! Cheers, Ralph
