Re: [Sheflug] Document scanners for Gentoo?

[A C Hurst <A.Hurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Can anyone recommend a decent document scanner that will just work with 
> Gentoo Linux? I have a middle-aged Epson Perfection 640U, which I cannot 
> get working with Gentoo; I'm considering chucking it out.
> 
> I've sought help on the Gentoo-AMD64 e-mail list, but although willing, 
> no-one there can offer much help.


I presume you're using sane-backends, compiled with the 'usb' use flag?
Which front-end?

The 640 is on the supported devices page of www.sane-project.org
There's quite a bit of scanner stuff on the (very active) forums.gentoo.org

Andy

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