[sane-devel] mint Brother printer DCP-J315W

[Ralph Little]

Hi David,

On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM David Brown <davown2000.db at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I have recently been experimenting with a fresh install of Linux Mint
> (22.10).  In the past I have used Ubuntu for many years and always had
> issues with installing scanner drivers for my Brother DCP-J315W.  Ubuntu
> seemed intent upon changing something every 2 or 3 years rendering Brother
> driver instalation tools obsolete.
>
> Usually after many hours trial and error, I would find a solution in
> tweaking various configuration files or copying driver files to a new
> directory etc.
>
> However, Mint has me stumped.  It has a very similar structure to Ubuntu
> but something must be different for after trying all my past tweaks, Mint
> refuses to find the Brother Drivers.
>
> Do you have a list of tweaks relevant to Mint that I can cross reference
> to my Ubuntu list and hopefully spot something different?
>
> Cheers
> David Brown
>

Are you not the same guy that raised the same question in May? Did the .so
location fix not help in this case?
I run Mint and it is indeed just like Ubuntu in this respect.

Cheers,
Ralph
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