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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Mr Fair Go <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrfairgo@mrfairgo.com">mrfairgo@mrfairgo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">>> I compiled and installed the latest sane-backends-1.0.21 and tried to<br>>> use it with a Canon DR-2010C scanner,<br>
<br>G'day!<br><br>I have a Canon MX310 which was scanning OK, but only in colour. There was some sort of bug in Greyscale and B&W. I attempted to "compile and install" the newer sane backends also, but as a newbie I clearly did something wrong, because now none of my Linux scanning software will find the Canon or any other scanner (I have 3). I even uninstalled and reinstalled SANE and gscan2pdf via the Package Manager, but still "<br>
<br>Can someone point me to a <b>very basic</b> Linux how-to that explains for a newbie exactly how to "compile and install" with Linux? Everything I look at assumes I have more knowledge about "compiling" than I actually have.<br>
<br>Running LinuxMint 9 (Isadora) which is built on Ubuntu, for nearly a year now. Up to this point upgrading and installing packages via Package Manager has been adequate for my needs, but the newer version is not available this way, thus I attempted the more challenging route, but can not find "instructions" anywhere.<br>
<br>Thanks<br><br>Mr Fair Go<br><br><br></blockquote></div>