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From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] insane backends
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:39:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171030023931.GA1980@ca.inter.net> (raw)

'sane-backends-1.0.27' just stabilised, so I updated to it.
Previously I had selected  4  items from the list in SANE_BACKENDS,
which is shown by 'emerge', ie 'epson epson2 plustek plustek_pp'.
My scanner is an 'Epson V550 Photo'.

Wanting to test which of the  4  items above was needed, I tried each.
Inadvertently, I tried emerging 'sane-backends' with none included
& discovered that my scanner still works regardless !

There is a file  /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap , which lists scanners,
& I have the line under 'V550' enabled.

What is the purpose of the long list of SANE_BACKENDS,
if Xsane finds the correct driver with none enabled ?

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             reply	other threads:[~2017-10-30  2:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-30  2:39 Philip Webb [this message]
2017-10-30  8:39 ` [gentoo-user] insane backends Neil Bothwick
2017-11-01  2:19   ` Philip Webb
2017-11-01  9:00     ` Neil Bothwick
2017-11-01 18:26       ` Philip Webb
2017-11-01 18:36         ` Neil Bothwick
2017-11-01 21:28           ` Philip Webb
2017-11-01 23:48             ` Neil Bothwick
2017-11-06  6:45               ` Philip Webb

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