Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

[Mick]

On Friday, 20 July 2018 14:04:26 BST Philip Webb wrote:
> 180719 Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > On 2018-07-19 05:29, Philip Webb wrote:
> >> The Mint version seems to find a file in /usr/share/iscan-data ,
> >> which the others don't find, but that file is present in my Gentoo
> >> system.
> >
> > I have not looked at the strace log, but this smacks of permissions
> > and possibly Selinux, if you've let that beast loose.
>
> I checked the permissions for  iscan-data  & they seem ok.
> No, I've never tried to use Selinux.
>
> However, I've just escaped fr another beast, ie Linux Mint 19 :
> DON'T try to install it alongside Gentoo !!
>
> This beast leads you along to a point where you've told it where to install
> -- a partition on my HDD (sdb5) -- ,
> you click 'proceed' & it chugs along nicely for some time,
> then it says it's trying to install a bootloader
> without asking whether you want it to or where to do it.
> Next, it says it's failed to install Grub -- which I've never used -- ,
> offers several ugly-looking options & freezes.
>
> All you can do is a hard power-off & when you restart,
> instead of the regular Lilo box of options, there's only a Grub prompt.
> Disaster looks you in the face !

Many an installation were hosed lately because of a GRUB problem in Mint and 
potentially *buntu.  Testing before releasing was not as thorough as it should 
have been:

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3620

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Regards,
Mick