Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-10-05 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:40:54 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The problem is similar because Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18) is looking >> for the firmware file in the wrong directory. [...] > > Why should the kernel be looking for a firmware file to send to th

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-10-03 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 02:39:41PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was no esfw41.bin in my system. I added a line "usb 0x048b 0x011b" > > to snapscan.conf and after this gimp ran 4 succesful color scans with > > the Perfection 2400 before locking

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-10-02 Thread Chris Davies
Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is similar because Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18) is looking for > the firmware file in the wrong directory. [...] Why should the kernel be looking for a firmware file to send to the scanner? Are you /sure/ this is a kernel issue? Can you post t

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-10-02 Thread Chris Davies
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was no esfw41.bin in my system. I added a line "usb 0x048b 0x011b" > to snapscan.conf and after this gimp ran 4 succesful color scans with > the Perfection 2400 before locking up on the fifth scan. There is still > no esfw41.bin in my system.

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-10-01 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:24:06 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:59:26PM -, Chris Davies wrote: >> Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 >> > Photo. >> >> > Neither work with Debian Linu

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-30 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:59:26 +, Chris Davies wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 >> Photo. > >> Neither work with Debian Linux. > > Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-30 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:59:26PM -, Chris Davies wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 > > Photo. > > > Neither work with Debian Linux. > > Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few u

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-29 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:59:26 +, Chris Davies wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 >> Photo. > >> Neither work with Debian Linux. > > Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-28 Thread Chris Davies
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 > Photo. > Neither work with Debian Linux. Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago, my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snap

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:12:15AM +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:19:16 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:19:16 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 > > Photo. > > > > Neither wo

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-24 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:19:16 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:19:16 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 > Photo. > > Neither work with Debian Linux. > > Both are known to work flawlessly with Windows XP Pr

Re: iscan frustration Compounded!

2007-09-24 Thread Thomas H. George
I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 Photo. Neither work with Debian Linux. Both are known to work flawlessly with Windows XP Professional. I hate to reboot to Windows XP Professional and do so only as a last resort. At present I have no choice when I need to s

Re: iscan frustration

2007-09-23 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:29:40 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I was able to run iscan for my Epson Perfection V100 Photo scanner but > only as root. This no longer works. I get a message, "Could not send a > command to scanner". > > The system is lenny with a 2.6.21 linux-image kernel. > I t

iscan frustration

2007-09-21 Thread Thomas H. George
I was able to run iscan for my Epson Perfection V100 Photo scanner but only as root. This no longer works. I get a message, "Could not send a command to scanner". The system is lenny with a 2.6.21 linux-image kernel. I have tried unplugging and plugging the usb cable to reset the scanner. I