Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts

[Philip Webb]

170506 Daniel Frey wrote:
> I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe)
> and found a Canon LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada.
> This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution
> (it's only 4800dpi vs. the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF.
> It comes with a bracket to make it sit upright.
> Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend
> in sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end.
> Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap.
> I had to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures
> and used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90.
> Correction: my model is the LiDE 220, a 200 series model.
> From what I remember it wasn't listed on the compatibility site
> but it did indeed work. I don't remember having to do anything
> other than maybe added the USB IDs so the genesys driver would use it.
> # scanimage -L
> device `genesys:libusb:001:002' is a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed scanner

Thanks for trying to help, but I've bought a new scanner
& don't want the trouble of taking it back to the store.
It works on Mint, so at most I'll have to reboot to use it.
However, given that it works on Mint, it should work on Gentoo.

I've audited the files carefully & everything in the file lists,
which I created using 'dpkg -c', is present in the Gentoo dirs
& everything in the Mint dirs corresponds to the files in the Gentoo dirs ;
I did check ownership + permissions, incl 'x', & all seems the same.
The version of Xsane is different in Mint
& I don't know what its equivalent of Gentoo use-flags were ;
also, Mint uses Systemd & my Gentoo uses Openrc.

I've put the install script on my Internet site
at  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ .
Can anyone interpret it & check whether it does anything with the files
which might make them work differently ?

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