Sudo lshw shows everything in my system is 32 bit other than multimedia, which shows 64 bit.
The machine is a Thinkpad T60P with a T7600 duo core. Ubuntu 6.06 kernal: 2.6.15-28-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 10 09:56:30 UTC 2007 i686 CSSJR Quoting Olaf Meeuwissen (olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp): > Claude Sutton <claudesutton at suttonmachine.com> writes: > > > I installed iscan-2.7.0-1.tar.gz > > > > So I have to install the RPM package as well? > > Yes, you have to install iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm. > > > I don't think Ubuntu supports rpm's. > > That's easily fixed with alien. You can use > > sudo alien --scripts --install iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm > > to install. Doing the same for the iscan RPM has been reported to > "work" by several people but EPSON AVASYS doesn't test that. Just > make sure you use the --scripts option. If you don't you're in for > trouble as you'll have to do a lot manually yourself ;-) > > One more point, seeing you compiled from source, you probably didn't > use --prefix=/usr at ./configure time. This _could_ be a cause of > trouble. Again EPSON AVASYS doesn't test that. > > Finally, your machine is 32-bit Intel, right? The plugin won't work > on 64-bit machines (unless you run a mixed 32/64-bit setup and even > then it gets ugly). > > Hope this helps, > > > CSSJR > > > > Quoting Olaf Meeuwissen (olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp): > > > >> Claude Sutton <claudesutton at suttonmachine.com> writes: > >> > >> > I followed Olaf's instructions and after the reinstall, no contact with > >> > the > >> > scanner. > >> > > >> > So I ran sane-find-scanner and: > >> > > >> >> sane-find-scanner returns the following and I have no idea what to do > >> >> with > >> >> the information. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x0c88, product=0x17da) at libusb:006:002 > >> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x0483 [STMicroelectronics], product=0x2016 > >> >> [Biometric Coprocessor]) at libusb:004:003 > >> > > >> > > >> > I have an Epson Photo 4490 scanner. > >> > > >> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to what to try next? > >> > >> Have you installed the non-free i386-only iscan-plugin-gt-x750 package? > >> Without it, the scanner is not supported by the epkowa backend which > >> comes as part of iscan. > >> > >> Hope this helps, > -- > Olaf Meeuwissen FLOSS Engineer -- EPSON AVASYS Corporation > FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ > GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 > Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2 -- If we do not wish to lose our freedom, we must learn to tolerate our neighbor's right to freedom even though he might express that freedom in a manner we consider to be eccentric.