[sane-devel] Using sane on Suse 9.1

[Rainer Lay]

Brad,

you could use the rpms from
http://packman.links2linux.org/?query=sane&action=search
There are rpms for version 1.0.14 and they are "SuSE rpm" compatible

kind regards,
Rainer

Brad McNeely wrote:
> When I upgraded from SuSE 8.2 to SuSE 9.1 I lost the ability to use my HP scanjet 3300C scanner.  It was recommended that I use sane-backends-1.0.14.tar.gz.  I successfully downloaded the file and did these steps as per the README:
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> ./configure
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> make
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> make install
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> The first time I ran the YAST scanner config tool, it didn't seem to pick up any new devices so I did this:
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> rpm -e sane xsane kdegraphics3-scan
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> to remove the existing sane install
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> and then did
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> make install to install the sane files from the compiled source.
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> Now, when I run YAST to configure my scanner it says that SANE is not installed.  Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?
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> Regards,
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> Brad
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