From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 01:45:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171106064540.GQ1980@ca.inter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171101234839.3f392def@digimed.co.uk>
Further to the thread re mysterious behaviour of 'sane-backends',
I remembered what happened when I set my new scanner up earlier in 2017.
There is no driver in 'sane-backends', because it contains a binary blob.
You have to download an appropriate pkg for the V550 from Epson,
which provides installers for Debian or RPM.
Presumably one of those worked with Gentoo
& that's where the 'epkowa' driver came from in /usr/lib64/sane/ .
So relieved that I'd got it working, I failed to update my notes,
which I've now done. Thanks for Neil's suggestions.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-06 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-30 2:39 [gentoo-user] insane backends Philip Webb
2017-10-30 8:39 ` 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 [this message]
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