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<h1>I am Having Problems Using SANE (Plz Hlp!)</h1>
<b>Michael Short</b> (<a href="mailto:mshort@carlsbadpo.vividimage.com"><i>mshort@carlsbadpo.vividimage.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Thu, 03 Sep 98 16:39:00 PDT</i>
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I have d/l'd and installed the .74 version of sane.<br>
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I connected up an HP 4P scanner, and I used xscanimage. This worked fine,   <br>
and I was able to aquire<br>
the image placed on the scanner.<br>
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I have done something, or ommited a step to the configuration, that is   <br>
now keeping me from<br>
propperly using SANE.<br>
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I have not changes any of the source.<br>
I have gone ahead and removed my SANE Install and removed all the files   <br>
pertaining to sane in the<br>
/usr/local/<br>
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I removed my installation tree for SANE, and tehn went ahead and reopened   <br>
the archived distribution.<br>
I then followed teh instructions in README, adn I can not get the SANE   <br>
package to function.<br>
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I can run scanimage with all the command line info there, and it will   <br>
work. It will not find my scanner, I have<br>
to specify the type of scanner, adn the location. This is most likely   <br>
where the problem lies. I can enter somethign like this:<br>
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scanimage -d hp:/dev/scanner &lt;other options&gt;<br>
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and it will work fine<br>
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what would keep my scanner from being detected? Could somethign in my   <br>
system config be altered?<br>
I am kind of lost at this point.<br>
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I am trying to find out how the FrontEnd , and Backend work together. I   <br>
have written Scanner drivers before, and I understand<br>
how communication to scanners works. I would like to get the SANE package   <br>
working before I attempt to modify or change any of the backends, or   <br>
begin to work on my own backends.<br>
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I have had trouble setting up the debug info properly, or getting debug   <br>
info printed onthe screen, is there somethine that needs<br>
to be defined in a config file, to generate this debug info? I have set   <br>
environment variables, but have never seen any messages.<br>
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I am kind of frustrated, I like the SANE project, I have been trying to   <br>
figure out what has gone wrong in my config. I have worked on it for   <br>
about a week, and I figured I should turn to the list for help. I am sure   <br>
that I have not given all the details needed to help me, so if someone is   <br>
willing to take a few momwnts and attempt to help me, please email me   <br>
privately and I will answe any questions about my configuration..<br>
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Thanks to all for reading my problem,<br>
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If you can help please email me privately: <a href="mailto:mshort@vividimage.com">mshort@vividimage.com</a><br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Mike Short<br>
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