On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:14:54 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:35:32 +0000 (GMT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > well bugger me, but i seem to recall it working at the workshop > > > evening some months ago. > > > > Yep, but under Mandrake 9.0 with kernel 2.4.19...now I'm running > > Mandrake 9.1 with kernel 2.4.21-mdk.xx.xx. It is the Epson iscan > > program I need to get working, xsane 'works' enough to scan using > > the scanner but the quality is terrible... > > > > > hard to believe a scanner is less compatible with a LATER kernel. > > > > > > perhaps you just need so suss out a fix. > > > > If you go to Epson-Kowa website, and read the scanners forum you > > will see I am certainly not alone with this issue of iscan failing > > to run on later distros/kernels... > > > > > is it a simple matter of the card not being in the kernel's > > > database? I seem to recall wee loaded the module with explicit > > > vendor and product id's > > > > Yep. A simple 'insmod' in rc.local fixed that, but now with a newer > > version of Mandrake and of iscan it doesn't wanna go... > > > > The current rpm comes in 2 flavours...1 made with gcc 2.9.x, and a > > bug-fixed version made with gcc 3.2.x to try and fix the > > segfaulting... neither version appears to make any difference to me. > > Both segfault shortly after trying to do anything after the initial > > window pops up. I grabbed the source, and after fixing the > > ./configure I could not complete the make without aborting due to > > multitudes of errors... > > are you building the from the tar file or the source rpm? and what > sort of errors? > just to report it builds fine on gentoo. maybe you need devel libs installed? try building the src.rpm usimg rpm - you should read the relevant parts of the maximum rpm online text book. google it. alternatively gadd (get a decent distro) :-) > > > > > Its been 4 months, and Epson have yet to release any bug-fixes or > > anything at all related to fixing this problem with iscan. Xsane > > is simply not an option due to poor quality/slow speed, and I have > > a large number of photographs to deal with. I take photography very > > seriously so I need the best quality from the scanner... > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. > > > > > > > > >
