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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: XSane--SOLVED! THANK YOU!
From:       DennisG <dwgallien () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-09-26 3:33:53
Message-ID: 746e8030-3de3-ba5d-fe19-5362b84f3401 () gmail ! com
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On 9/25/21 10:36 PM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
>
>
> On 9/25/21 12:18 AM, DennisG wrote:
>>
>> On 9/23/21 1:34 PM, DennisG wrote:
>>> On 9/23/21 12:57 AM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/22/21 6:28 PM, DennisG wrote:
>>>>> On 9/22/21 2:27 PM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>
>>> >> snip
>>>
>>>> Yes, after a lot of trouble and back-and-forth, I got the scanner 
>>>> to work. I need it again, somehow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not about to try to de/reconstruct all that again.  If in 
>>>>>>> 2019 and/or 2020 there was a solution, maybe you should find 
>>>>>>> those posts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --dg
>>>>>> Yes, I got it working in 2019. As someone already said, I should 
>>>>>> have put it in my paper logbook, but it got overlooked.
>>>>>> If someone can tell me how to find those emails (and not a stack 
>>>>>> of completely unrelated ones from everybody about everything)
>>>>>> I would be extremely happy to look them up! I do remember that 
>>>>>> there was a file MISSING from OpenSUSE that I had to copy
>>>>>> from another Linux system. I don't think I have that system 
>>>>>> anymore to copy from since I had a lot of destruction recently due
>>>>>> to lightning.
>>>>>> --doug
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> >> snip
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok Doug, I think I found the solution by scanning through my 
>>> personal email archive . . . this was all in mid-2019.
>>>
>>> There are 3 pieces here.  I think the third was the solution.
>>>
>>> First, you downloaded 
>>> imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.2-3.65.0.x64.rpm.tar.gz from the Epson 
>>> site and ran the install script, but it failed because there were 
>>> two components that are proprietary to Epson which would not install 
>>> (for several reasons, too detailed to recap here).
>>>
>>> Second, you found a firmware for the Epson V300 somewhere else which 
>>> you were able to install but still left the machine not working 
>>> properly.  I don't think that firmware is applicable for your 
>>> particular model.
>>>
>>> Third, I pointed you to the iscan package which is in the Packman 
>>> repository.  It provides the proprietary front-end pieces that 
>>> opensuse cannot.  So just run YaST/Software, search for iscan, 
>>> install it, and then you should be able to install the scanner with 
>>> YaST/Scanner.  This worked before.
>>>
>>> NOTE:  I am presuming the Epson is attached via USB, and so it is 
>>> not networked on the LAN.  If it is networked and YaST does not see 
>>> it after installing the iscan package, you may need to install an 
>>> additional package.  But I'm not going to go there unless the Epson 
>>> is networked _and_ the iscan package by itself does not solve the 
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> --dg
>>> Leap 15.2 & 15.3/KDE
>>
>> According to the Seiko documentation that comes with the Epson 
>> archive that qas downloaded before (#1 above), it is possible for a 
>> network scanner to work if a certain driver is used.  Not knowing if 
>> that applies, the advice is to try iscan alone.
>>
>> This was the problem that blocked you the first time when you used 
>> the install script from the Epson download.  If you had read the 
>> documentation, you would know that the script is intended to be run 
>> with parameters, including what type of connection you have.
>>
>> You need to install the packages iscan-plugin and sane-backends; the 
>> former which provides the proprietary network component to work with 
>> iscan.
> Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I don't know which one did the 
> trick--I ran zypper on each, and it gave me a lot of crap on the first 
> one, but it finally
> installed all or part of it. The second one ran smoothly. And you can 
> bet that I have already put this in my notebook!
> --doug
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> --dg
>> 15.2 & 15.3/KDE 
>

Just take note that it is the package iscan-plugin which is critical; it 
provides the network component.  I didn't think you'd need the 
sane-backends, but it doesn't hurt to have it.  Look at the Description 
and the File List for the package (in YaST/Software) and you will see 
"network"; that is the proprietary piece you must have.

--dg
15.2&15.3/KDE

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