On 24/09/2021 01.42, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
On 9/23/21 4:56 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 23/09/2021 19.34, DennisG wrote:
On 9/23/21 12:57 AM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
On 9/22/21 6:28 PM, DennisG wrote:
On 9/22/21 2:27 PM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
Ok Doug, I think I found the solution by scanning through my personal email archive . . . this was all in mid-2019.
There are 3 pieces here. I think the third was the solution.
First, you downloaded imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.2-3.65.0.x64.rpm.tar.gz from the Epson site and ran the install script, but it failed because there were two components that are proprietary to Epson which would not install (for several reasons, too detailed to recap here).
Second, you found a firmware for the Epson V300 somewhere else which you were able to install but still left the machine not working properly. I don't think that firmware is applicable for your particular model.
Third, I pointed you to the iscan package which is in the Packman repository. It provides the proprietary front-end pieces that opensuse cannot. So just run YaST/Software, search for iscan, install it, and then you should be able to install the scanner with YaST/Scanner. This worked before. Doug, see attached photo.
Start "yast2", click on the "software management" module, when it opens click on "search" and type "iscan", then select the resulting package, which as you see comes from repository packman.
I think I did it right, but when it came to detecting scanners, it did not find the scanner. It looked for Epson 2 driver, which I'm pretty sure is correct, but when looking for the scanner, it couldn't find it. When snapping on the XSane Scanner Tool icon, the machine hangs up and I have to manually terminate. (Somebody a day or two ago had me do some trick that verified that the scanner CAN be found. I don't remember how that was done, or what its relevance may be.)
Sigh... it is in this very same thread, I'm not going to dig it our for you. If you have lost the email, we told you not 24 hours ago how to look in the web archive. Which reminds me that your scanner is on the network, so some of what DennisG told you does not apply, as he told you it was for USB.
Closer, maybe, but still no cigar! --doug
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