[sane-devel] Xsane does not display preview window

[Mike Wood]

I sometimes have a problem when the preview screen appears but is unusable.

If I remove the xsane settings file then the problem is resolved. Perhaps
this will work for you.

rm -r ~/.sane/xsane

Regards,

Mike


On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 07:11, Martin Gubser via sane-devel <
sane-devel at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Xsane does not display the preview window any more. That makes it
> impossible to select the area that is scanned.
>
> Everything used to work until march 21. After that date the preview
> window could be started with a work around:
> 1. Start xsane
> 2. Scan a document
> 3. Save the document
> 4. Stop xsane
> 5. Restart xsane
>
> Now this work around does not work any more.
>
> The OS is Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria. My printer/scanner is a Epson XP-6100.
>
> I have sent a mail to sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org concerning this
> issue on march 21. Up to now nobody has replied to my mail or installed
> a fix.
>
> I depend on proper scans and would highly appreciate a fix.
>
> Please excuse my bad English. I am not a native english speaker.
>
> Thank you in advance
> Martin
>
>
>

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