sane-backends 'make install' will not overwrite your existing configs. so you might need to copy genesys.conf into /etc/sane.d, if you have built your new version of sane-backends to overwrite the old one.
allan On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Catalin David <c.david at jacobs-university.de> wrote: > Yes, all operations were ran both as normal user and as root. Stef > said something about copying genesys.conf somewhere, but I did not > understand where and how. > > Catalin > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: >> Are you doing this as root? >> >> allan >> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Catalin David >> <c.david at jacobs-university.de> wrote: >>> Hello, everybody! >>> >>> It's been some rough times, but I am now back, so reopening this thread. >>> >>> I have taken the last git repositories, compiled sane-backends and >>> tried the scanner. Using sane-find-scanner, the scanner popped up, but >>> nothing else worked. I tried xscanimage, I tried the xsane in the >>> Ubuntu repositories (it should use the sane-backends I have compiled, >>> right?), but it won't find the scanner. >>> >>> Please let me know what I need to do to get a scan. >>> >>> Catalin >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:21 AM, stef <stef.dev at free.fr> wrote: >>>> Le mardi 10 ao?t 2010 02:48:02 Catalin David, vous avez ?crit : >>>>> Hello, everybody! >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:25 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > This scanner is not currently supported by sane. However, in March >>>>> > there was a discussion about this scanner, which implied that it uses >>>>> > a Genesys Logic GL847 chipset. Stef has recently added support for >>>>> > this chipset to the sane-genesys backend. So, it may be possible to >>>>> > make the modifications required to support this machine, if you use a >>>>> > current git snapshot of sane-backends. Perhaps you and Catalin David >>>>> > can work together, with some advice from stef? >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, I was on a vacation for 2 weeks, then I had to catch up for >>>>> another 2 weeks and now i am back on track. >>>>> >>>>> I would love to see progress on this one, but I am not so sure how >>>>> much free time I have until the end of the month (due project). >>>>> >>>>> Still, I should be able to do testing, when / if needed. >>>>> >>>>> Catalin >>>>> >>>> ? ? ? ?Hello, >>>> >>>> ? ? ? ?I have added this model in the genesys backend by duplicating LiDE >>>> 200 in >>>> SANE's source code. What is needed is to compile and test it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> ? ? ? ?Stef >>>> >>>> -- >>>> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>>> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ****************************** >>> Catalin David >>> M.Sc. Smart Systems 2012 >>> B.Sc. Computer Science 2010 >>> Jacobs University Bremen >>> >>> Phone: +49-(0)1577-49-38-667 >>> >>> Hans-Hermann-Sieling-Strasse 2A >>> Bremen, 28759 >>> Germany >>> ****************************** >>> >>> -- >>> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >>> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >> > > > > -- > ****************************** > Catalin David > M.Sc. Smart Systems 2012 > B.Sc. Computer Science 2010 > Jacobs University Bremen > > Phone: +49-(0)1577-49-38-667 > > Hans-Hermann-Sieling-Strasse 2A > Bremen, 28759 > Germany > ****************************** > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
