m. allan noah wrote: > i am sorry you are having problems. linux has a learning curve > sometimes, and the fujitsu sane backend has JUST been completely > re-written to support your scanner. if you wait a few months for your > distro of choice to include sane 1.0.18, i bet 3/4 of these problems > will go away.
I wish I could wait, but work has to go on and if I can't get it done in Linux then it's back to Windows. I don't want to go back to Windows. > > nothing personal, but you obviously dont know much about linux (the fact > you reinstalled suse 3 times is a pretty good indication of that), so > when you then jump off the beaten path and start compiling your own > code, it is no wonder you cant make it work by yourself. Your are right I am a Linux newbie. As far as jumping off the beaten path... well, what choice do I have. Either I figure out how to compile the source and make my scanner work (or find an RPM) or I go back to Windows and wait. > > dont feel like you have to founder on alone, however. you have only sent > two previous mails to this list, and you got answers to the questions > you asked. the same can be true for the rest of the process. > > 1. the log below has no errors in it. If there are any other logs I can send let me know and I will get them to you all. > 2. what program are you using to scan with? scanimage and xsane. Both give the same error. > 3. what are the exact symptoms of the error? In xsane (not running as root) it says reading gray data, stops at the very beginning, then after a few seconds comes back with the error "Error during read: Error during device I/O". I have to turn the scanner on and off to eject the pages (it draws in the next page before the error). > 4. if you unplug the usb cable and plug it back in, can you scan? No. > > allan You guys have been real helpful and show a lot of patience. That's probably the only real reason I've haven't given up yet. Although I will learn a lot about Linux over time I'm sure I'm really thinking that Linux isn't really ready for my desktop use. However, I'm not giving up yet.
