Re: [gentoo-user] Too terse error message from emerge.

[Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 04:54:47PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Dale.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 06:33:47AM -0600, Dale wrote:
> > J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
> 
> > >> Another question - is there any sensible way of cutting the unnecessary
> > >> stuff out of SANE_BACKENDS?  That variable is set in the ebuild, and it
> > >> doesn't feel the Right Thing to edit the ebuild file.
> 
> > >>> -- 
> > >>> - Yohan Pereira
> > > Set it in 'make.conf'.
> 
> > > --
> > > Joost
> 
> 
> > If you are like me and not sure what to search for, this is a example:
> 
> > SANE_BACKENDS="avision"
> 
> Thanks.  For me it's SANE_BACKENDS="plustek".  Not sure why, since it's a
> Canon scanner.  Got that info from running sane and opening its info
> window.
> 
> > You would almost certainly need to replace that avision.  I found a used
> > scanner only to find out why they didn't want it either, it was broke. 
> > lol
> 
> I got mine given me by somebody who'd just upgraded to Windows 7; it
> didn't work in W7.  Haven't you got to love Microsoft? ;-)
> 
> > If you do a emerge -vp <sane package>, it should show you the available
> > options.  You could google for them to but emerge could be faster.
> 
> > Hope that helps.
> 
> > Dale
> 
> > :-)  :-) 
> 
> -- 
> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Oh, I feel your pain, and won't go back there.

When we moved back to the States and opened the comp shop, we bought a
HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910. It does everything (including scanning) from an
embedded webserver. Just type it's IP in your browser and you can do whatever
you want with a multifunction printer. Scanning has never been easier, the
quality has never been even close, and it's so extremely nice to have a
printer that works ... every function.

We've always used HP printers with Linux because they supply drivers; but now,
more than ever, I wouldn't consider anything else.

Just my 2c...
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