Re: [sane-devel] Problem getting Epson V370 Photo working under OpenSuSE
My problem was that there were three packages needing to be installed, not two. I missed one of them in the composite file I downloaded from the Epson site. Graham On 10/03/16 21:46, Johannes Meixner wrote: ... When your scanner model requires a DFSG non-free (proprietary) module, you have to download and install two packages from Epson/Avasys: The 'iscan' package for the base software and an additional model dependant 'iscan-plugin' package with the proprietary module. ... -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Problem getting Epson V370 Photo working under OpenSuSE
Hello, On Mar 10 08:17 Graham Freeman wrote (excerpt): I used YaST/scanner to configure the scanner. It presents two items in its list: epkowa Epson (unknown model) at epkowa:usb:003:004 EPSON Perfection V37/V370 USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x014a [EPSON Perfecttion V37/V370]) at libusb:003:004 If I attempt to edit the second to configure it, I get a popup message "Possibly Problematic Driver The epkowa driver may cause problems on 64-bit x86_64 architecture" When you click [Continue] on that popup you get a subsequent popup message that reads: -- The third-party Image Scan driver software from Epson/Avasys is required. The Image Scan driver software is made and provided by Epson (formerly Avasys) http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LXEpson (formerly Avasys http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/) where RPM packages for 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (x86_64) architecture can be downloaded (if you accept the Epson/Avasys license agreements). The Image Scan driver contains proprietary binary-only software. For some models it is only available for 32-bit (i386) architecture which does not work when you have a 64-bit system installation. Some scanners are also supported by another (free-software) driver. When your scanner model requires a DFSG non-free (proprietary) module, you have to download and install two packages from Epson/Avasys: The 'iscan' package for the base software and an additional model dependant 'iscan-plugin' package with the proprietary module. -- That message is shown a bit unfortunate as an "Error" popup because you cannot successfully continue the scanner setup here which means there is some kind of "Error" at that point. The text is a bit old (from May 08 2012) and perhaps somewhat outdated but I cannot continuously verify if all the details are still 100% correct. But the most important thing seems to be still correct: You can get the driver software from Epson via http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LXEpson In general regarding third-party drivers see "Third-Party Scanner Drivers" at https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_Scanners FYI: Since a longer time I do no longer have time to actively maintain and update the YaST scanner module. Therefore (as long as nobody else cares about it) it stays in its current form (frankly: it bitrots). My last real adaption dated May 08 2012 (cf. "rpm -q --changelog yast2-scanner") because of https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746038 Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX GmbH - GF: Felix Imendoerffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton - HRB 21284 (AG Nuernberg) -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Problem getting Epson V370 Photo working under OpenSuSE
Thanks so much. I feel so silly missing that RPM. It is working beautifully now. Graham On 10/03/16 10:10, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: Hi, Graham Freeman writes: I am having trouble with my new Epson V370. I have not been able to successfully apply the advice that has been recently reported working under a different version of Linux. I installed iscan-2.30 and iscan-data-1.36 from the iscan-perfection-v370-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm.tar.gz from Epson. You need to install iscan-plugin-perfections-v370 too. See the README.rst file that came with the bundle. # It's included for a reason ;-) I used YaST/scanner to configure the scanner. There should be no need to configure the scanner with YaST. # In my experience, YaST just gets in my way. It presents two items in its list: epkowa Epson (unknown model) at epkowa:usb:003:004 Not Configured: EPSON Perfection V37/V370 USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x014a [EPSON Perfecttion V37/V370]) at libusb:003:004 If I attempt to edit the second to configure it, I get a popup message "Possibly Problematic Driver The epkowa driver may cause problems on 64-bit x86_64 architecture". Continuing, it does not configure that entry. Ask (open)SUSE. I am not aware of problems on x86_64 in the last few years. If I attempt to edit the first to configure it, I get the same popup message. When I run xsane from the command line, I get a popup "scanning for devices" which stays up for around 30sec. No windows come up, but xsane does not complete either. It is still running but without a graphical interface. If I turn the scanner off, xsane then completes and I get the new command prompt. I have tried the "Image scan! for linux" that is now installed from iscan. It does not give a graphical interface. Right-clicking on that gives me a popup "Could not send command to scanner. Check the scanner's status". The command "sane-find-scanner" gives: found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x014a [EPSON Perfection V37/V370]) at libusb:003:005 The command "scanimage -L" delays for about 30 seconds before reporting "device `epkowa:usb:003:005' is a Epson (unknown model) flatbed scanner" The command "iscan" sits silently for about 60 sec before completing and I get a new command prompt. The scanner does nothing during this time. The command "scanimage -d epkowa -v >/tmp/file.jpg" behaves the same way. So also does the command "scanimage -d epkowa:usb:003:005 -v /tmp/file.jpg" Nothing that I do from Linux will elicit a response from the scanner. If still you cannot get scanimage to work *after installing the plugin package*, then provide the output of SANE_DEBUG_EPKOWA=HEX scanimage >/dev/null to the list. I have successfully got the scanner to work under MS-Windows, so the hardware is fine. I could not find a file "esfwdd.bin" that Winfried referred to in her email, either in the files that Epson supplies for Linux, nor in the files that were installed when I tried under MS. Hope this helps, -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Problem getting Epson V370 Photo working under OpenSuSE
Hi, Graham Freeman writes: > I am having trouble with my new Epson V370. I have not been able to > successfully apply the advice that has been recently reported working > under a different version of Linux. > > I installed iscan-2.30 and iscan-data-1.36 from the > iscan-perfection-v370-bundle-1.0.0.x64.rpm.tar.gz from Epson. You need to install iscan-plugin-perfections-v370 too. See the README.rst file that came with the bundle. # It's included for a reason ;-) > I used YaST/scanner to configure the scanner. There should be no need to configure the scanner with YaST. # In my experience, YaST just gets in my way. > It presents two items in its list: > epkowa Epson (unknown model) at epkowa:usb:003:004 > Not Configured: EPSON Perfection V37/V370 USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], > product=0x014a [EPSON Perfecttion V37/V370]) at libusb:003:004 > > If I attempt to edit the second to configure it, I get a popup message > "Possibly Problematic Driver The epkowa driver may cause problems on > 64-bit x86_64 architecture". Continuing, it does not configure that > entry. Ask (open)SUSE. I am not aware of problems on x86_64 in the last few years. > If I attempt to edit the first to configure it, I get the same popup > message. > > When I run xsane from the command line, I get a popup "scanning for > devices" which stays up for around 30sec. No windows come up, but > xsane does not complete either. It is still running but without a > graphical interface. If I turn the scanner off, xsane then completes > and I get the new command prompt. > > I have tried the "Image scan! for linux" that is now installed from > iscan. It does not give a graphical interface. Right-clicking on that > gives me a popup "Could not send command to scanner. Check the > scanner's status". > > The command "sane-find-scanner" gives: > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x014a [EPSON Perfection > V37/V370]) at libusb:003:005 > > The command "scanimage -L" delays for about 30 seconds before > reporting "device `epkowa:usb:003:005' is a Epson (unknown model) > flatbed scanner" > > The command "iscan" sits silently for about 60 sec before completing > and I get a new command prompt. The scanner does nothing during this > time. > > The command "scanimage -d epkowa -v >/tmp/file.jpg" behaves the same > way. So also does the command "scanimage -d epkowa:usb:003:005 -v > >/tmp/file.jpg" > > Nothing that I do from Linux will elicit a response from the scanner. If still you cannot get scanimage to work *after installing the plugin package*, then provide the output of SANE_DEBUG_EPKOWA=HEX scanimage >/dev/null to the list. > I have successfully got the scanner to work under MS-Windows, so the > hardware is fine. I could not find a file "esfwdd.bin" that Winfried > referred to in her email, either in the files that Epson supplies for > Linux, nor in the files that were installed when I tried under MS. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FLOSS Engineer -- EPSON AVASYS CORPORATION Free Software Foundation Associate Member since 2004-01-27 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundationhttps://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
