[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (PROBLEM SOLVED!!!)

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:39:22PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
> 
> Changed /dev/sg0 to /dev/sg1
> 
> PROBLEM SOLVED NOW.  Xsane can be started to scan document.

That's fine.

> However the scanned document can be saved in .jpg, png, pnm, format etc 
> but not .gif

Most free software doesn't support gif. There are some patent
restrictions and I guess the software authors don't want to pay fees :-)

Use one of the free formats instead (e.g. png).

Bye,
  Henning