Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
On Sat, May 06 2017, Philip Webb wrote: > 170506 Mick wrote: >> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: >>> There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : >>> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 >>> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. >> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there >> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? > > Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, > but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. Do you have hplip and hplip-plugin merged? I have SANE_BACKENDS="" and can scan from the glass with no problems (I can't figure out how to use the sheet feeder for multiple pages) My hp all-in-one is an 8600. allan
Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
On 05/06/2017 10:45 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for trying to help, but I've bought a new scanner > & don't want the trouble of taking it back to the store. > It works on Mint, so at most I'll have to reboot to use it. > However, given that it works on Mint, it should work on Gentoo. No worries, I thought it was this thread that was contemplating returning it and getting a different model. Probably my fault for mixing up threads again, not the first time for me. ;-) Dan
Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
170506 Daniel Frey wrote: > I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe) > and found a Canon LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada. > This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution > (it's only 4800dpi vs. the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF. > It comes with a bracket to make it sit upright. > Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend > in sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end. > Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap. > I had to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures > and used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90. > Correction: my model is the LiDE 220, a 200 series model. > From what I remember it wasn't listed on the compatibility site > but it did indeed work. I don't remember having to do anything > other than maybe added the USB IDs so the genesys driver would use it. > # scanimage -L > device `genesys:libusb:001:002' is a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed scanner Thanks for trying to help, but I've bought a new scanner & don't want the trouble of taking it back to the store. It works on Mint, so at most I'll have to reboot to use it. However, given that it works on Mint, it should work on Gentoo. I've audited the files carefully & everything in the file lists, which I created using 'dpkg -c', is present in the Gentoo dirs & everything in the Mint dirs corresponds to the files in the Gentoo dirs ; I did check ownership + permissions, incl 'x', & all seems the same. The version of Xsane is different in Mint & I don't know what its equivalent of Gentoo use-flags were ; also, Mint uses Systemd & my Gentoo uses Openrc. I've put the install script on my Internet site at http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ . Can anyone interpret it & check whether it does anything with the files which might make them work differently ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
On 05/06/2017 09:15 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 05/06/2017 06:15 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> 170506 Mick wrote: >>> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. >>> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there >>> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? >> >> Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, >> but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. >> >> I plan to audit what I've installed carefully today >> & if I still can't get it to work on Gentoo, I'll file a bug : >> hopefully, whoever created the plugin for V600 can do another for V550. >> >> Also, I'll put the Epson install script on my Internet site >> ( http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ ). >> I can't make sense of it, but perhaps someone here can tell me >> what it does with the .deb files when it installs them. >> >> If it works on Mint, it sb possible to get it to work on Gentoo. >> Usually in such cases, the secret is finding 1 small item >> which needs to be fixed & then everything is ok : that's Gentoo's strength. >> > > I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe) and found a Canon > LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada. > > This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution (it's only 4800dpi vs. > the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF. It comes with a bracket > to make it sit upright. > > Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend in > sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end. > > Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap. I had > to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures and > used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90. > > Dan > Correction: my model is the LiDE 220, a 200 series model. From what I remember it wasn't listed on the compatibility site but it did indeed work. I don't remember having to do anything to get it to work, other than maybe added the USB IDs so the genesys driver would use it. # scanimage -L device `genesys:libusb:001:002' is a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed scanner Dan
Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
On 05/06/2017 06:15 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 170506 Mick wrote: >> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: >>> There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : >>> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 >>> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. >> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there >> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? > > Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, > but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. > > I plan to audit what I've installed carefully today > & if I still can't get it to work on Gentoo, I'll file a bug : > hopefully, whoever created the plugin for V600 can do another for V550. > > Also, I'll put the Epson install script on my Internet site > ( http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ ). > I can't make sense of it, but perhaps someone here can tell me > what it does with the .deb files when it installs them. > > If it works on Mint, it sb possible to get it to work on Gentoo. > Usually in such cases, the secret is finding 1 small item > which needs to be fixed & then everything is ok : that's Gentoo's strength. > I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe) and found a Canon LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada. This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution (it's only 4800dpi vs. the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF. It comes with a bracket to make it sit upright. Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend in sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end. Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap. I had to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures and used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90. Dan
Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts
170506 Mick wrote: > On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: >> There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : >> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 >> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. > If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there > that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. I plan to audit what I've installed carefully today & if I still can't get it to work on Gentoo, I'll file a bug : hopefully, whoever created the plugin for V600 can do another for V550. Also, I'll put the Epson install script on my Internet site ( http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ ). I can't make sense of it, but perhaps someone here can tell me what it does with the .deb files when it installs them. If it works on Mint, it sb possible to get it to work on Gentoo. Usually in such cases, the secret is finding 1 small item which needs to be fixed & then everything is ok : that's Gentoo's strength. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
