I usually try to scan images in XSane, but XSane can't capture any imaging devices what soever. And when I click the configuration for my scanner, it's says it's downloading packages to install the driver, but it just kreezes up ( and sometimes crashes KDE) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Scanner probs
> On Friday 01 Nov 2002 11:19 pm, Andy wrote: > > i don't know if im allowed to sorta "bump" this message, sorry if i do, but > > i really want help on this :-/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:40 PM > > Subject: [newbie] Scanner probs > > > > > > Well as of right now I don't have Linux installed, but if I can figure > > > > > > this > > > > > > > out i'll reinstall it (if I have all of my hardware working, then why > > > > use > > > > > > Windows? =p) > > > > Ok, so anyways, when I had Linux, it seemed to know that I had a HP > > > > ScanJet 3300C scanner plugged in (in the hardware listing and such). > > > > But when I tried to use it, nothing seemed to happen. Does this mean I > > > > need > > > > > > some > > > > > > > sort of driver for it to work for Linux? Because HP doesn't supply a > > > > > > driver > > > > > > > for Linux. This same goes for my Intel Pocket PC Camera, and Intel > > > > doesn't > > > > > > have drivers for Linux either. Any help? > > > > Did you run the 'scanner' installation GUI from Mandrake Control Centre? If so > then it will install the driver for the HP3300c which is supported in > Mandrake 9.0, but not in 8.2 > > Also how are you trying to scan images? You should either be running Kooka or > XSane If they are not in your Kmenu>Multimedia>Graphics menu then you need > to install the RPMs for them. > > As for the camera. I do not have one of those, and the gphoto2 project does > not list it( http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/libgphoto2/support.php ) so > it may not be supported. Many people get around this issue by using a cheap > Flash card reader to read their camera images. > > derek > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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