Scanner problem with Epson Perfection 2450 on 11.1
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From: Tom on 25 Jul 2010 17:21 >> I've never had any success with openSUSE drivers for my Epson scanner, >> but got it working with the software and drivers fromhttp://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do I have now tried again with these downloaded drivers, and after several more trials it seems I now have a working setup as follows: Hardware: epkowa Epson(unknown model) at epkowa usb:001:005 epson2 Epson GT-9700 at epson2:libusb:001:005 Software: iscan, iscan-data (downloaded from the AVASYS site; the former is a newer version of what is offered at opensuse, the latter is not at opensuse at all), iscan-firmware, iscan-proprietary-drivers (these two may actually be unnecessary). Basically, it means that the packages offered by opensuse 11.1 are half-broken (and their procedure certainly is), and one should use the software offered by AVASYS. Tom
From: mjt on 25 Jul 2010 18:42 On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Tom <flurboglarf(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > >> I've never had any success with openSUSE drivers for my Epson > >> scanner, but got it working with the software and drivers Good to hear you got it working. I have an Epson 1200U desktop scanner and haven't had an issue using it with openSUSE (even versions prior to 11). The issues I have are with the software. I remember when using 11.2, Scanlite always crashed, so I use XSane. I also use "Simple Scan" if I want to do a "no-frills", quick-n-easy scan. -- The United States also has its native Fascists who say that they are "100 percent American"... - U. S. Army (1945) <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: David Bailey on 27 Jul 2010 05:02
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:31:25 -0700, Tom wrote: > Hi, > I just got a used Epson Perfection 2450 scanner and am trying to use it > on SUSE 11.1, but there seems to be no way to make it work. I have tried > several lines of attack: I have that scanner and I run it with xsane and the epkowa backend. It works well. Previously, under openSUSE 11.2 there was a problem that I could only get a 32 bit backend and my desktop is 64 bit (the 32 bit didn't want to work on it). So I actually run it on my openSUSE 11.1 Mythbackend box (VMware virtual machine). Actually, I just tested it again under 11.3 (64 bit) and it works again. Looks like they've fixed whatever the issue was in 11.2. I believe this machine is using the snapscan driver. I'm pretty sure that didn't work for me under previous versions. > - Kooka: Initially, I could get as far as having a preview of the > scanned image, but then it won't make the final scan. The only thing > that happens when I click the Scan button to produce the final scan is > that a small window pops up that presumably should show the progress, > although it is in fact blank. This window is there for ~1 min and then > disappears; nothing else happens. To make it worse, on the account where > I tried it first, the subwindows of the Kooka window have somehow been > rearranged, and now most of them, including the one with the Preview and > Scan buttons, are blank, and there seems to be no way to reset it to the > original status. > - Skanlite: When calling it, I get this stupid bouncing icon for some > time, then it disappears so it looks like the process had crashed. > Nonetheless, the Skanlite window pops up several minutes later without > further action or visible activity. When I then try to make a preview > scan, the app hangs and has to be killed. - Iscan: Doesn't find the > scanner at all (some I/O error if I recall correctly), although clearly > the hardware is there and is also configured. > Is there any way to make this work? Is there any Linux scanning > application that actually functions? SUSE 11.1 has been a big > disappointment in various respects already compared with earlier > releases, but few things have pissed me off as much as this. Any help > with this will be much appreciated, Tom -- Regards, David Bailey david _AT_ bailey _dot_ id _dot_ au |