On Monday 23 February 2009 02:07:16 pm norman wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:31 -0600, Rodney Clay wrote: > > > I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP > > > from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up > > > to do this. I have looked in the online manual but > > > did not find an answer to my question. > > Speaking from experience and running Ubuntu 8.10 and a > compatible scanner, in Gimp File -> Create -> XSane -> > Device dialogue. Ubuntu has all the software you need > already installed. > > Norman
On Slackware you may need to add your user id to the group "scanner". Here is the line from file /etc/groups referencing my user name "safe": scanner:x:93:root,safe -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
