Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> writes: > > >> Installed iscan-2.8.0-1.c2.i386.rpm, commented epson from dll.conf, >> commented out "usb 0x04b8 0x0838" from epson.conf and added it to >> epkowa.conf >> xsane started working >> commented out the entry from epkowa.conf, placed it back in epson.conf - >> xsane works >> removed iscan package, xsane works >> rebooted, still works >> >> blinked a few times and reinstalled iscan just to be on the safe side :) >> >> I'm guessing iscan uploaded some firmware to the scanner, so it works now..? >> > > It (iscan) doesn't upload firmware for the CX7400. Moreover, firmware > uploads would be lost when you power-down the device (long enough). > > I'm curious as to how you installed and removed iscan. My current > best bet is that the epkowa backend is still found in a place where > SANE finds it, typically in /usr/lib/sane/, and epkowa.conf is still > on the system as well. > > If you installed with `rpm -U` and removed with `rpm -e` everything > ought to be gone after removal. Maybe you're using a less common, as > in one we don't test with, distribution and things didn't go as they > were intended to. > > Let me know what distribution you're using and how you installed and > removed iscan. Were there any messages by any chance? Also, what > device names do you get with `scanimage -L`? If there's any that > start with 'epkowa:' the backend's still there somewhere. > Right now, iscan is installed (used rpm -ivh iscan-...rpm), scanimage -L returns: device `epson:libusb:005:006' is a Epson CX7400 flatbed scanner I unplugged it from the outlet overnight and tried just now - it's still working and still showing up as "epson:libusb..."
I'm currently on Fedora Core 6. I used "yum remove iscan" to uninstall the package. I didn't check in /usr/lib/sane, but there was an epkowa.conf.rpmsave in /etc/sane.d/ after the uninstall. Removing .rpmsave file didn't seem to affect anything.
