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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:46:12
Message-Id: 58B0A9B4.2000009@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner by Alan McKinnon
1 On 02/24/2017 02:28 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 24/02/2017 23:25, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >> I've a Brother scanner ADS-2400N connected via network port.
4 >>
5 >> - I edit: /etc/sane.d/saned.conf (entered my network address: 10.0.0.1)
6 >> - started: /etc/init.d/saned
7 >> - installed brother printer drivers:
8 >> rpm -ihv --nodeps brscan4-0.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
9 >>
10 >> # brsaneconfig4 -q |grep 2400
11 >> 65 "ADS-2400N"
12 >>
13 >> but when I run as user: "scanimage -L"
14 >> device `epson2:libusb:002:003' is a Epson GT-9300 flatbed scanner
15 >>
16 >> only my epson scanner is showing up, NO Brother scanner is detected.
17 >>
18 >> What am I missing?
19 >
20 >
21 > Maybe that you are using a Red Hat package manager on a Gentoo machine?
22 > Or that you wanted to ask fedora-user and sent it to gentoo-user by mistake?
23
24 No, Brother only supply rpm or deb drivers.
25 I was able to use "rpm" to install brother driver this way, so it should
26 work with the scanner as well.
27
28 --
29 Thelma

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>