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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Epson Scanner V500 Isn't  Detected
From:       Mark Misulich <munguanaweza () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-06-22 15:09:25
Message-ID: 1498144165.12485.3.camel () gmail ! com
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On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 23:30 -0500, Doug wrote:
> On 06/19/2017 06:22 AM, Mark Misulich wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 12:17 +0200, Aaron Digulla wrote:
> > > 
> > > Am Sonntag, Juni 18, 2017 23:39 CEST, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza
> > > @gma
> > > il.com> schrieb:
> > >   
> > > > 
> > > >   
> > > There is a kernel/sane bug which breaks many USB scanners. Make
> > > sure
> > > you have at least version 1.0.25 of SANE installed.
> > I installed sane-backends version 1.0.27 from Sauerland OBS
> > repository,
> > but the scanner still isn't recognized in yast Scanner
> > configuration
> > window.
> > 
> > Driver		Scanner
> > epkowa		Epson (unknown model) at epkowah:usb001:004
> > Not Configured	EPSON Scanner USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8
> > [EPSON],
> > 		product=0x0130
> > [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:001:004
> > 
> I checked out the site for the manual. Yes, it's USB only. I think
> you said
> it works in Windows. Have you tried to install WINE in your Linux,
> and
> then install the Windows software on WINE. Maybe that'll work.
> 
> --doug
Thanks for the tip about using the windows driver in Wine. I'll give it
a shot this weekend.  I am on a business trip at the moment and won't
get a chance to work on the computer at home again for a couple of 
days.
Mark


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