Sorry, I replied to Rosemary only (who hasn't cleared her "reply to" 
field.  

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Subject: Re: [newbie] Updates
Date: Sunday 13 February 2005 10:31
From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Sunday 13 February 2005 10:14, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 Feb 2005 22:43, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> > >For Anne
> > >
> > >xsane-0.97-0.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm
> > >xsane-gimp-0.97-0.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm
> >
> > Thanks, Charles.  I've got Acquire in Gimp2 for the first time.
> > Wonderful.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Are these drivers for scanners?  Newbie with scanner not
> compatible. Rosemary

No, scanners use *sane* (Scanner Access Now Easy) as a backend.
You'll have to install that in order to scan.  Furthermore, look
here to see if your scanner is supported :

http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl

Then, urpmi Charles' xsane & xsane-gimp

Enjoy

Kaj Haulrich.
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