Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: Thanks again for your answers. Now I have my scanner working with the sane. I run xscanimage and everything works as expected. But I do not see any menu option in Gimp to make the scanning. I check that the xscanimage is in the Gimp plug-in directory, but it seems that the option was not added to the software. I installed Gimp before sane installation. Any idea? You will need the "xsane" package for that. It is something else than "sane" (hence the 'x' in front of it). That should get a plugin in Gimp going. Paul -- Does anyone know what killed the Dead Sea? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Thanks again Paul. Yes, My sanner is now working. I think sane was installed, because when I run xcanimage it worked. Bye Pedro From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:44:37 +0200 (CEST) On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: Hi Pedro, Thanks Paul and Alan for your help. As I am very new with Linux there is a lot of things that I do not know how to do. So I kindly ask you again for your help to put my scanner working. ID of scanner: Ok Install SANE package: The only package I found is "SANE-devel" that is "static libraries and header files for writing SANE modules". If it is this package ok, it is installed (I made the installation with rpmDrake). Sane-DEVEL means it is the development package for sane. There inside are the program files for it so you can change the program to make it better, if you wish. The package that you need, as named on my MDK7.0-2 CD, is: sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm In many cases it is already installed. You can check this by opening a terminal and typing xscanimage In my case (did that on the computer WITHOUT the scanner) I see [paul@internet paul]$ xscanimage xscanimage: no devices available. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 534 (gtk_main_quit): assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed. I read the readme file and I saw: "Configuration: Simply invoke configure in the top level directory" Question 1: What is the top level directory? This is the directory where the development package has been installed. Often /usr/src/sane...something.. Question 2: How do I invoke configure? What is the exact words that I should write? Can configure be made from the console under kde? In "Building and installing software packages for linux" I read "Note that if you run configure, it should be invoked as ./configure to ensure that the correct configure script that will accomplish this purpose". I tried write ./configure + enter, but I received an error message No file or directory. ./configure is indeed the right one, but you need to run that in the directory where the 'configure' file is located. (Adding this as extra info, with the real program package you should not need all this) So, if you can help me with detailed and concrete instructions of how to finish my installation of SANE package I would appreciate very much ;) In case you can run xscanimage (either as user or root, don't remember how I do it), and you do not get a "command not found" error in a terminal, it is already installed. Is it not installed, locate the sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm file on the CD and install that by running rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm [paul@internet RPMS]$ which xscanimage /usr/bin/xscanimage Then you run xscanimage and see what happens. You can also create a shortcut to it on your desktop when you scan a lot, of course. The first time you run xscanimage, it will look for your scanner and try to identify it. Worked great with my simple Mustek scanner so that Epson should not be a problem. After that you're home free! Good luck, and howl if you still have a problem. In case you can't find the sane...rpm, let me know and I can e-mail it to you if necessary. It is 650Kb. Paul -- It is the mark of the cultured person that (s)he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. -Ashley Montague )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 After that you should be able to get a similar result as I do: Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: Hi Pedro, Thanks Paul and Alan for your help. As I am very new with Linux there is a lot of things that I do not know how to do. So I kindly ask you again for your help to put my scanner working. ID of scanner: Ok Install SANE package: The only package I found is "SANE-devel" that is "static libraries and header files for writing SANE modules". If it is this package ok, it is installed (I made the installation with rpmDrake). Sane-DEVEL means it is the development package for sane. There inside are the program files for it so you can change the program to make it better, if you wish. The package that you need, as named on my MDK7.0-2 CD, is: sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm In many cases it is already installed. You can check this by opening a terminal and typing xscanimage In my case (did that on the computer WITHOUT the scanner) I see [paul@internet paul]$ xscanimage xscanimage: no devices available. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 534 (gtk_main_quit): assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed. I read the readme file and I saw: "Configuration: Simply invoke configure in the top level directory" Question 1: What is the top level directory? This is the directory where the development package has been installed. Often /usr/src/sane...something.. Question 2: How do I invoke configure? What is the exact words that I should write? Can configure be made from the console under kde? In "Building and installing software packages for linux" I read "Note that if you run configure, it should be invoked as ./configure to ensure that the correct configure script that will accomplish this purpose". I tried write ./configure + enter, but I received an error message No file or directory. ./configure is indeed the right one, but you need to run that in the directory where the 'configure' file is located. (Adding this as extra info, with the real program package you should not need all this) So, if you can help me with detailed and concrete instructions of how to finish my installation of SANE package I would appreciate very much ;) In case you can run xscanimage (either as user or root, don't remember how I do it), and you do not get a "command not found" error in a terminal, it is already installed. Is it not installed, locate the sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm file on the CD and install that by running rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm [paul@internet RPMS]$ which xscanimage /usr/bin/xscanimage Then you run xscanimage and see what happens. You can also create a shortcut to it on your desktop when you scan a lot, of course. The first time you run xscanimage, it will look for your scanner and try to identify it. Worked great with my simple Mustek scanner so that Epson should not be a problem. After that you're home free! Good luck, and howl if you still have a problem. In case you can't find the sane...rpm, let me know and I can e-mail it to you if necessary. It is 650Kb. Paul -- It is the mark of the cultured person that (s)he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. -Ashley Montague )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 After that you should be able to get a similar result as I do:
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Thanks again for your answers. Now I have my scanner working with the sane. I run xscanimage and everything works as expected. But I do not see any menu option in Gimp to make the scanning. I check that the xscanimage is in the Gimp plug-in directory, but it seems that the option was not added to the software. I installed Gimp before sane installation. Any idea? If you install the sane with RpmDrake, please do no read the readme file ;). Sane is automatically installed and the readme file instructions is to install sane with the commend ./configure. Thanks in advance Pedro From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:39:36 +0200 (CEST) On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? When booting Mandrake, make sure the scanner is turned on. When initializing the SCSI card, the ID of your scanner should come up in the info on the screen. Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? You need to install the SANE package (on the CD) for that. You can then run xscanimage to scan. You can also (after setting up SANE), install XSANE, this will add an option to the menu's in the Gimp to scan from inside there. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Thanks Paul and Alan for your help. As I am very new with Linux there is a lot of things that I do not know how to do. So I kindly ask you again for your help to put my scanner working. ID of scanner: Ok Install SANE package: The only package I found is "SANE-devel" that is "static libraries and header files for writing SANE modules". If it is this package ok, it is installed (I made the installation with rpmDrake). Then I made a find file to see where were the files installed and I got the following directories: /etc/sane.d /usr/doc/sane-1.01 /usr/include/sane (with a lot of sub-directories) /usr/lib/sane /usr/man/man1/ /usr/man/man5/ /usr/share/sane-style.rc I read the readme file and I saw: "Configuration: Simply invoke configure in the top level directory" Question 1: What is the top level directory? Question 2: How do I invoke configure? What is the exact words that I should write? Can configure be made from the console under kde? In "Building and installing software packages for linux" I read "Note that if you run configure, it should be invoked as ./configure to ensure that the correct configure script that will accomplish this purpose". I tried write ./configure + enter, but I received an error message No file or directory. So, if you can help me with detailed and concrete instructions of how to finish my installation of SANE package I would appreciate very much ;) Thanks in advance Pedro From: "Alan Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 09:57:17 +0200 Hi Paul Is it better to instal the Gimp first and let xsane find the Gimp or visa versa or doesn't it matter. Alan (Walkerville, South Africa) - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? When booting Mandrake, make sure the scanner is turned on. When initializing the SCSI card, the ID of your scanner should come up in the info on the screen. Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? You need to install the SANE package (on the CD) for that. You can then run xscanimage to scan. You can also (after setting up SANE), install XSANE, this will add an option to the menu's in the Gimp to scan from inside there. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Hi Paul Is it better to instal the Gimp first and let xsane find the Gimp or visa versa or doesn't it matter. Alan (Walkerville, South Africa) - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? When booting Mandrake, make sure the scanner is turned on. When initializing the SCSI card, the ID of your scanner should come up in the info on the screen. Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? You need to install the SANE package (on the CD) for that. You can then run xscanimage to scan. You can also (after setting up SANE), install XSANE, this will add an option to the menu's in the Gimp to scan from inside there. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Paul Is it better to instal the Gimp first and let xsane find the Gimp or visa versa or doesn't it matter. Alan (Walkerville, South Africa) I am not sure if it does not matter. Since xsane is a plugin for the Gimp I think it would make most sense to first set up Gimp, and add the plugin afterwards. Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Hello! I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Hello! I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? When booting Mandrake, make sure the scanner is turned on. When initializing the SCSI card, the ID of your scanner should come up in the info on the screen. Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? You need to install the SANE package (on the CD) for that. You can then run xscanimage to scan. You can also (after setting up SANE), install XSANE, this will add an option to the menu's in the Gimp to scan from inside there. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
