Shawn,
xscanimage does this:
[bob@pooh bob]$ xscanimage
xscanimage: no devices available.
Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 534 (gtk_main_quit): assertion
`main_loops != NULL' failed.
[bob@pooh bob]$
"Shawn T. Rutledge" wrote:
>
> 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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