The epkowa backend supports some scanners that dont use binary plugins. Your scanner requires a plugin.
allan 2010/2/16 Ond?ej Skopal <ondrej.skopal at future-net.cz>: > When googling around a bit, I found this page: > https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4444 , suggesting that epkowa is part of the > openwrt. I have only very basic knowledge of linux, so I apologize if I just > proposed something lame/stupid/impossible :), but afaik openwrt runs ok on > wl500g, isn't there a possibility to get the backend here? > > Ond?ej Skopal > > ----- P?vodn? zpr?va ----- > Od: m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> > Odesl?no: 16. ?nora 2010 6:33 odp. > Komu: Ond?ej Skopal <ondrej.skopal at future-net.cz> > Kopie: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org <sane-devel at > lists.alioth.debian.org> > P?edm?t: Re: [sane-devel] Epson dx4400 support for asus wl500g router > > Unfortunately, this scanner is supported by the epkowa backend, and > requires a proprietary plugin which is not available for ARM Cpus. It > is certainly possible for someone to reverse engineer the protocol, > and produce a truly free driver. However, this could be a very > time-consuming task. > > allan > > 2010/2/16 Ond?ej Skopal <ondrej.skopal at future-net.cz>: >> Hello, >> >> I was asking for help with my scanner/printer combo epson dx4400 on >> wl500g.info forum. They told me that this scanner is generally supported by >> sane, but not in the version for wl500g, and I was told to ask on this >> mailing list. Is there any option to add the support for the scanner >> mentioned, or any workaround for this issue? Thank you in advance for help. >> >> Regards, >> >> Ond?ej Skopal >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> > > > > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
