[sane-devel] Xsane does not display preview window

[Martin Gubser]

Thank you very much Mike. Removing the xsane settings solved the problem.

It would be nice if the problem could be fixed by the developers.

Regards,
Martin

Am 04.06.24 um 10:07 schrieb 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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> Mike Wood
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