170506 Gene Hannan wrote: > On 05/05/2017 04:27 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> I want to get my new Epson V550 working on Gentoo, >> having successfully installed Epson's driver on Mint. >> >> I installed the Gentoo pkg 'dpkg', which handles .deb archives, >> & listed the content of the 3 .deb files in the Epson driver pkg. >> They cb viewed at http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ >> with names beginning with 'v550'. >> >> It appears that the pkg installs a utility 'iscan', >> a Sane plugin called 'epkowa', which is not available via Sane-backends >> ( /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap doesn't list it), >> plus some further data files + a lot of dox. >> >> I've tried 3 methods without success : >> (1) install Iscan via Portage & copy the other files in the .deb ; >> (2) copy all the files in the .deb (apart from dox) (list checked) ; >> (3) try to run the install.sh script. > I have an Epson 4490 which is supported by epkowa plugin > iscan-plugin-gt-x750. I found that ebuild on an overlay long ago. > That ebuild looks much like those currently in the tree for newer models. > In each of the ebuilds I looked at, there is an "iscan-registry" command > executed subsequent to installing all the files > which registers the plugin. Perhaps this is what is missing. > The registration command includes a USB identifier > which will differ with scanner model.
Thanks ! -- that's the solution after doing (2) above. I had to run 'iscan-registry --add interpreter usb 0x04b8 0x013b \ /usr/lib/iscan/libiscan-plugin-perfection-v550'. The whole line is essential & the help file is not very clear, but once I got it right the scanner woke up & I completed a scan (my usual test photo of the Canadian Foreign Minister + the IMF Chief talking past an awkward-looking Ms Trump : see my I/net site above). As usual with Gentoo, problems are 1 layer deep. You have to find the correct item to change, then everything works. HTH others who may find it via Google etc. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
