I tried $ ldconfig but still getting "invalid argument" error. Thanks for taking the time to help resolve this for me. I'm open to more ideas, thanks. Martin
m. allan noah wrote: > try /usr/local/lib instead. and you might have to run ldconfig afterwards > > allan > > On 3/20/08, Martin <martinh at ix.netcom.com> wrote: > >> I changed the file /etc/ld.so.conf , to look at "/usr/local/lib/sane" >> /usr/kerberos/lib >> /usr/X11R6/lib >> /usr/local/lib/sane >> /usr/lib/qt-3.1/lib >> >> but the command $ xsane gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0 >> still errors out with >> "Failed to open device >> >> gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0: Invalid argument." >> >> >> m. allan noah wrote: >> > i bet xsane is using the system copy, and scanimage is using the >> > replacement. redhat does not put /usr/local/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf. so >> > either do that, or even better, reconfigure to overwrite the old copy, >> > and reinstall. >> > >> > allan >> > >> > On 3/19/08, Martin <martinh at ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Yes, I have, >> >> /usr/lib/sane/ >> >> and >> >> /usr/local/lib/sane/ <this being the most recently installed Mar 17 >> 2008> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> On 3/19/08, Martin <martinh at ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>>> >> >> >> >> I tried , SANE_DEBUG_GT68XX=4 xsane 2> mt1200.log >> >> But it does not produce any output. >> >> Do I need to ./configure something with the debug switch enabled? >> >> >> >> The version of xsane I have is - could this be a problem? >> >> -------------------------------------- >> >> $ xsane --version >> >> xsane-0.89 (c) 1998-2002 Oliver Rauch >> >> Email: Oliver.Rauch at xsane.org >> >> package xsane-0.89 >> >> compiled with GTK-2.2.0 >> >> without GIMP support >> >> -------------------------------------- >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Martin <martinh at ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> I can get my mustek 1200 scanner working using, >> >> >> >> >> >> As a normal user I can scan it: >> >> >> $ /usr/local/bin/scanimage >> >> --device-name=gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0 --mode >> >> >> Color --resolution 600 > aaa.pnm >> >> >> >> >> >> I can open up the file in Gimp and save it as aaa.jpg file format: >> >> >> $ gimp aaa.pnm >> >> >> >> >> >> But... >> >> >> when trying to execute the xsane command, >> >> >> >> >> >> $ xsane gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0 >> >> >> or >> >> >> $ xsane >> >> >> >> >> >> I get error message, >> Failed to open device >> gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0: >> >> >> Invalid argument. >> >> >> >> >> >> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20080320/4c26f6d8/attachment.htm