Scanning Problem (was YaST insanity)

--- Steve Miller wrote:

Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 17:25:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Miller To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] YaST insanity

Hi,

I have a really weird problem...

Just got an Epson Perfection 1260 Photo scanner, which is said to be fully supported by SANE, according to the SANE home page. That's the good news. The bad news is that unless I use version 1.0.10 or higher of SANE, I can BREAK my scanner, even with the correct driver! I am running SuSE 8.1, which has the 1.0.8 version. (I caught this just as I was about to scan my first image! (Whew!)

First, I tried downloading SANE's own tarballed version 1.0.12. The build, make, and install went OK, but when I tried to remove 1.0.8, YaST complained bitterly. I ignored it, but then when I tried xsane, IT complained that SANE was not properly installed. Guessing that there is something odd about the SuSE version that YaST handles, I got rid of the 1.0.12 version.

Second, I tred downloading the SuSE RPM (SANE 1.0.10) from the SuSE 8.2 ftp site. I first was unable to change my installation medium to my home directory to install the package. So then I tried rpm -i blahblah.rpm. I got a message that the package could

"not be installed". Using --install got the same result.

How can I either (a) get YaST to behave or (b) install the software I need so YaST will realize that SANE IS installed and I can configure my scanner or (c) find a how-to that will tell me how to do manually whatever YaST is set up to do? YaST is blocking me at the software installation level and I am sure will block me at the configuration level even if I do get the software installed.

Thanks in advance.

Steve Miller

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