| Summary: | Running iscan with Epson v300 scanner, drakconf crashed | ||
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| Product: | Mageia | Reporter: | Jack Surname <jacobf> |
| Component: | RPM Packages | Assignee: | Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | CC: | jim, lewyssmith |
| Version: | 7 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Source RPM: | CVE: | ||
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Description
Jack Surname
2019-10-16 21:06:57 CEST
Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: iscan-data-1.39.1-2.noarch 1/3 Installing : iscan-data-1.39.1-2.noarch 1/3 Running scriptlet: iscan-data-1.39.1-2.noarch 1/3 Running scriptlet: sane-backends-1.0.27-4.mga7.x86_64 2/3 Installing : sane-backends-1.0.27-4.mga7.x86_64 2/3 Running scriptlet: iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64 3/3 Installing : iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64 3/3 Running scriptlet: iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : sane-backends-1.0.27-4.mga7.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : iscan-data-1.39.1-2.noarch 3/3 Installed: iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64 iscan-data-1.39.1-2.noarch sane-backends-1.0.27-4.mga7.x86_64 Complete! After which I tried to run Image scan! for linux I am unclear what exactly went wrong, and doing what. I happen to have a similar scanner, and similar software direct from the old Avasys site (but at earlier versions). I cannot find 'iscan' or 'iscan-data' in Mageia repos; where did you get yours? What command did you issue to get the output in comment 1? > The "drakconf" program crashed. Drakbug-18.21 caught it What were you doing when this happened? You imply that it was when trying to run Image scan, which seems strange. > Installed Epson v300 scanner bundle as described in the readme Which README ? I cannot find anything relevant to this scanner or sane software. CC:
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lewyssmith Thanks; I recognise this link, which I think is very old because it mentions Mandriva, and leads to: iscan-gt-f720-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm.tar.gz I had found a similar but apparently more recent page leading to: imagescan-bundle-fedora-30-3.59.2.x64.rpm.tar.gz I will explore the differences, install & try them with a view to reproducing the fault you bugged. Also whether you need it at all: I have a vague memory that the v500 scanner worked with Sane/Xsane. This software has always been uncertainly supported by Epson/Avasys. The version I used previously (Mageia & LMDE) was iscan_2.30.1. I've had two or three Epson scanners in the past. I always found the iscan scanning software to be very buggy. I used Xsane and never had a problem. I can't be sure that Xsane will work with every model, but it is worth a try. CC:
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jim @Jack I have at last had the time to look into this - but with no success. I specifically tried the same iscan versions as yourself (comment 1); and had trouble installing it because of the presence of the Mageia package sane-backends-iscan which caused a version conflict somewhere. Removing that package enabled the two iscan packages installation. Running ImageScan on my system, it could not find the scanner (which was noticed & correctly identified by the kernel). There was no drakconf error. So I removed the iscan packages, re-installed sane-backends-iscan (already having sane-backends), and tried Xsane. Alas, it too could not find the scanner. So I am stumped; something amiss on my system, to find & fix. I suggest you un-install the iscan packages, install: - sane-backends [you already have] - sane-backends-iscan - xsane and try the last. file:///usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc-1.0.27/sane-backends.html#S-EPSON The Perfection v300|500 is not directly supported (the v700 is). file:///usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc-1.0.27/sane-backends-external.html#S-EPKOWA Perfection V300 Photo Good requires DFSG non-free esci-interpreter-gt-f720 Perfection V500 Photo Good requires DFSG non-free iscan-plugin-gt-x770 Note that because ImageScan is *not* Mageia supported software, we can do no more with that. Sorry. Hence closing the bug - which could have been done initially, but I wanted to test it. One can add to or re-open it if something new crops up. Summary:
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Running iscan with Epson v300 scanner, drakconf crashed Jack Good news re my V500 scanner. I UNinstalled iscan-2.30.4 & its relatives, and leaving sane & xsane in place, installed an old iscan 2.30.1. This ran into problems with conflicts for sane-backends-iscan and esci-interpreter-gt-f720-1.0.0-1 which it wanted to remove - I agreed. In the event, it removed sane-backends-iscan OK but the removal of esci-interpreter-gt-f720 failed, so it is still there - I do not know whether this matters for me, but you would perhaps need it (see previous comment). I ended up with: iscan-data-1.36.0-1 iscan-2.30.1-1.usb0.1.ltdl7 iscan-plugin-gt-x770-2.1.2-1 and xsane-0.999-11.mga7 sane-backends-1.0.27-4.mga7 and for good measure, as a control, I added simple-scan-3.32.2.1-2.mga7 Things changed for me from nothing working (no scanner found) to everything working: iscan, xsane, simple-scan. Even better, my last experience of iscan had disabled the jpeg output option due to library problems. Now all output formats are on offer, jpeg included. I wonder about sane-backends-iscan. Hope this helps you; and I can give you the iscan-2.30.1 bundle if you wish. I might try again more recent versions 2.30.4 and 3.59.2 when I have nothing better to do... (In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #7) > I wonder about sane-backends-iscan. > sane-backends-iscan contains the open source Epson scanner software and it is usually best to remove it before installing the proprietary packages. This is what one would think: with this [new] package, you do not need the proprietary software. Except I could not get it to work (scanner not found). And it looks as if my V500 works with Xsane without it (but iscan installed). I do really need to re-start from scratch; except for "let sleeping dogs lie". |