[sane-devel] epson scanner with lenny

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Johann Spies <jspies at sun.ac.za> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:20:43AM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> 
>> I have some problems using the transparency unit of my "Epson perfection
>> 4180 photo" on Debian Lenny, sane 1.0.14-7.
>> 
>> I followed the instructions in /usr/share/doc/libsane-extras/README.Debian
>> in order to obtain and install the required non-free blobs.
>> 
>> It works perfectly for paper scans, but when I try to scan colour
>> slides (selecting 'Transparency unit' within xsane), the application
>> segfaults shortly after the preview scan begins. The same applies to
>> xscanimage.
>> 
>> Should I try to install epkowa's rpms via 'alien' instead?
>
> I have an Epson Perfection 3170 and I have to use alienated epkowa
> rpm's ot use it.

In your case also, using `alien --scripts` should work fine.

I'm sorry to inform you, but Debian packages for the interpreter for
the Epson Perfection 3170 have not been scheduled for release.

Hope this helps,
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