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> On 2018-07-18, at 04:16, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> (3) I can scan without problems using Mint Xfce (on another partition), |
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> so it's not a hardware problem. |
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> (4) 'lsusb' lists "Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0418: 013b Seiko Epson Corp". |
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> (5) the 'epkowa' driver is the latest version : a download from |
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> 'support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan.php?model=perfection-v550&version=1.0.1' |
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> gets the same compressed files as are already installed (same sizes). |
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> (6) the output from 'strace' is at |
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> http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/xsane-trace.d1 . |
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I think you should look at the /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf file and make modifications if necessary. You should compare it to the Mint partition. And you should do the same for other configuration files like /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. |
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> (9) Vuescan is a possible alternative : does anyone have experience ? |
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You want this to work with SANE because major apps like GIMP only support SANE IIRC. |
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Andrew |