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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l127-v6sm6713834wma.41.2018.07.20.15.10.20 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:10:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:10:19 +0100 Message-ID: <2433407.keFbGjVHO3@dell_xps> In-Reply-To: <20180720130426.GA1967@ca.inter.net> References: <20180717063853.GA1944@ca.inter.net> <20180719160843.ik3sjhcwt4z7gswm@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20180720130426.GA1967@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart25973531.sf2MlgPrxZ"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 6ce9158f-e392-4472-8dc2-2ddb9891f6af X-Archives-Hash: 2029da1b0410181b51816d959e99ca78 --nextPart25973531.sf2MlgPrxZ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 -- Regards, Mick --nextPart25973531.sf2MlgPrxZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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