[sane-devel] [AVISION 6080E] Who is responsible for libsane.fdi?

[m. allan noah]

We'll have to ask Rene (cc'd) to update the .desc- the script is
external to sane...

allan

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM,  <emmanuel at engelhart.org> wrote:
> In http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob;f=backend/avision.c;h=da5bcccd9d592505c2811648c054d05c10a8237f;hb=HEAD
>
> there is:
>
>  537     { NULL, NULL,
>  538       0x0638, 0x0a82,
>  539       "Avision", "FB6080E",
>  540       AV_NON_INTERLACED_DUPLEX_300},
>  541     /* comment="1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 - duplex! - zero edge!" */
>  542     /* status="complete" */
>
> So it's inside... and more pragmaticaly... it works by me :)
>
> Maybe someone has to run by hand a script to generate a new version of avision.desc?
>
> Emmanuel
>
>  Le ven 22/05/09 15:49, "m. allan noah" kitno455 at gmail.com a écrit:
>> I assume it is an oversight. The top of the file says it is generated
>> from avision.c, is the 6080 there?
>>
>> allan
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:44 AM,  <emmanu
>> el at engelhart.org> wrote:
>> Great, but the Avision 6080E is not there. Is that
>> simply an oversight or there is another reason?
>> Emmanuel
>> >
>> >  Le ven 22/05/09 15:38, "m. allan noah" kitno455 at g
>> mail.com a écrit:
>>> you are somehow looking at an old version, try
>> this:
>>>
>> >> http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob;f=doc/de
>>
>>>>
>> scriptions/avision.desc;h=ae43758c1c8fd3a23fc34e2f366ee57e68b7d9e2;hb=HEAD
>> >> allan
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:29 AM,
>>  <emmanu
>>> el at engelhart
>> .org> wrote:
>>> Do you mean this .desc file:
>> >> > http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob_plain;f=
>>
>>>> backend/avision.desc
>> >>> ... but I see nothing about the vendor_id
>> nor
>>> product_id.
>> >>
>> >> > The trunk code supports this scanner since
>> Aug.
>>> 2008. See
>> >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2008-August
>>
>>>> /022673.html
>> >>>
>> >> > Emmanuel
>> >> >
>> >> >  Le ven 22/05/09 15:00, "m. allan noah"
>> kitno455 at g
>>> mail.com a écrit:
>> >>> the fdi files are the bailiwick of the
>> distro,
>>> but we give them the
>> >>> raw materials to work from. If your machine
>> is
>>> not listed in our .desc
>> >>> files, the distro won't know
>> about
>>> it.
>> >>>
>> >> >> allan
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:47
>> AM,
>>>  <emmanu
>> >>> el at engelhart
>>
>>> .org> wrote:
>> >>>  Hi,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have an Ubuntu Jaunty and I have
>> reported
>>> two
>> >>> times a problem with the
>> >> libsane.fdi:
>> >>> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/378401 to the sane-backends package
>>>> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/28
>>
>>>>
>> >>>> 0909 to the HAL package
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > But I'm not sure to do it in
>> the
>>> right
>> >>> way.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > The issue seems for me pretty easy
>> to patch
>>> : the
>> >>> scanner works currently only as root.
>> The
>>> problem seems to come from
>> >>> libsane.fdi because the AVISION 6080E in
>> not
>>> inside. Patching it like
>> >>> described in the bug report 280909 and
>> it
>>> works.
>> >>>
>> >> >> > So, do I do something
>> wrong?
>>> >> >
>> >> >> > Regards
>> >> >> > Emmanuel
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
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>> >> >>
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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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