* Paul Groves <paul.groves.787@gmail.com> [01-01-70 12:34]:
On 18/03/18 13:03, Peter Suetterlin wrote:
Paul Groves wrote:
On 17/03/18 19:01, James Knott wrote:
On 03/17/2018 10:43 AM, Paul Groves wrote:
I just plugged in my Epson Perfection 3170 Photo scanner. This is the second scanner that doesn't 'Just work' in Linux. Two in one week! :-O I just can't believe it.
What is it you're doing to break these scanners? ;)
I have an Epson scanner which works well. However, it uses the Plustek drivers.
Believe me I would like to know as well. Usually everything on Linux works out of the box.
Saying that this scanner DOES work out of the box on openSUSE 12.3 but not on later openSUSE or Ubuntu 16.04, 17.10
I did have some similar issues with an Epson Perfection that did no longer work in Leap, related to what USB port/driver it is connected. Maybe read through the bugreport from that time, https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=975866 and see if anything applies to your case, too?
Nothing has helped so far.
I just installed 12.3 in a VM and connected my scanner. It works! 13.1. Problem comes back.
Ubuntu 10 in a VM also finds my scanner and works out the box. Ubuntu 17.10 does not. Same problem.
I am trying to find out what the differences are between the odler OSes and the newer ones. I cannot see why they would remove compatibility?
This is a very good quality negative scanner. I cannot find another model of the same quality (that isn't more expensive than buying windows) so it is imperative I find a solution (other than downgrading to an older linux).
Can anyone suggest some diagnostic steps? Any log files that could be useful?
I have no idea how scanners work in linux so I am currently stumped.
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