Hi David, Sane 1.0.24 isn't a released version. Please fetch it from git and install in manually on your system. I think that we need to patch some small issues. This can only be done with the git version.
Cheers, Rolf Am 17.01.2013 17:23, schrieb David H. Durgee: > Rolf Bensch wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> Please check the used sane version with 'scanimage -V'. > > dhdurgee at DHD-Z560 ~/Downloads $ scanimage -V > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22 > > >> Your scanner should be detected from sane 1.0.23 with 'scanimage -L'. >> You can do a testscan with 'scanimage >pic.pnm'. I would prefer xsane as >> grafik frontend for sane. >> >> You can fetch the latest sane version 1.0.24 from git. The installation >> is described in README.linux: http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux. >> There comes a newer version of README.linux with the sources from git. >> >> Cheers, >> Rolf > > I went to the download section of the sane-project site and see: > > "Most Linux distributions package SANE with modifications required to > support their authentication or permissions systems. We recommend you > use the vendor's packages. If you need a more updated version of SANE, > be prepared to build from source, and ask on a distro-specific forum for > advice." > > Given this, I guess I need to post on the mint forums to ask about an > update from 1.0.22 to a more current version. I will get back to the > list after I see what responses I get there. > > Dave >