xscanimage has been renamed xsane in newer versions, for one thing.
You didn't give any details about what xscanimage does for you.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 01:53:51PM -0700, Robert N. Eaton wrote:
> I have been reading massively concerning getting my scanner set up and
> working. The more I read, the less I understand.
>
> To recapitulate: My system is a generic PII 233; 64 megs RAM; dual-boot
> Win95 on hda1 and Caldera Open Linux Desktop 2.4 (using kernel 2.2.14)
> on hdb1; UMAX Astra 1220s scanner; Adaptec 2906; aic7xxx scsi host
> adapter driver loaded and enabled and scsi_mod loaded and enabled. (The
> scanner works great in Win95.)
>
> System Information (K-> Settings-> Information-> SCSI) states:
>
> Attached Devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
> Vendor: UMAX Model: Astra 1221s Rev: V1.3
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> Therefore, I _think_ that my box actually does recognize the scanner.
>
> According to documentation, the command xscanimage _should_ bring up
> Sane in a graphical interface. Only it doesn't. The documentation
> states that you don't even need a scanner to use Sane, but I have never
> gotten it to work. I think my edition of Sane is broken, but I could be
> mistaken.
>
> I downloaded the tar balls for the latest version of Sane and tried
> ./configure, make, and make install without success, but that's another
> story. I guess the question I should be asking is, "How do _you_ get
> Sane to boot and to work?" I really don't know whether I have a problem
> with Sane, a problem with the scanner, or with both.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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