[sane-devel] Using a new backend with an old sane

[stef]

Le samedi 26 septembre 2009 10:23:07 Christophe Gaubert, vous avez écrit :
> Le 25/09/09, m. allan noah a écrit :
> > it should work. you will just have to make sure to:
> >
> > 1. give the correct arguments to configure
> > 2. setup the correct symlinks in /usr/lib/sane
> > 3. copy the config file to /etc/sane.d
> > 4. add the name of the backend to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
>
> Thanks for the recipe :-)
> Now, I only need to translate it in a recipe with 20 000 steps -_-
>
> Indeed, the scanner is owned by a linux newbie. He has just installed
> Mandriva for the first time and he's asking for help on another mailing
> list...
>
> > But honestly, it might be easier to rebuild the entire sane-backends
> > package. BTW- sane 1.0.20 is more than 4 months old, what is your
> > distro waiting for? :)
>
> ^_^
>
> Well, I'm surprised that sane 1.0.20 isn't available, even in the devel
> version of the distro.... Oh wait, I see that the last iteration of
> sane-bakends-1.0.19 contains a file "hp_rts88xx.conf". Since I have
> searched rts8891, I hadn't seen it the first time.
>
> I will go ask to packagers if it's the good one. Maybe they add new
> backends to sane 1.0.19.

	Hello,
	
	there is no hp_rts88xx.conf in unpatched SANE sources. But there is an 
external backend with this name that can only do 300/600 dpi gray scans: 
http://hp44x0backend.sourceforge.net/

Regards,
	Stef