[sane-devel] xsane preview problem

[Dan McGhee]

Oliver Schwartz wrote:

>Hi,
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>>I am using xsane v0.97 together with the snapscan backend (from 
>>sane-backends v1.0.15) to drive an Epson 2580 Photo scanner.  I'm 
>>scanning old black and white photographs.  Scanning works fine, but the 
>>preview does not.  
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>There seems to be a problem with previews on the 2580 in the snapscan
>backend. I've no idea what the problem is, apparently it works for the 2480.
>AFAIK you can disconnect the transparency unit as a workaround.
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This workaround did not work for the HP 5370C. DEBUG_SANE_XSCANIMAGE=4 
did not provide anythin useful -->"preview start and preview finished." 
What could I do to determine whether this situation is related to the 
frontends or the backend?

Dan