Oh no! Scanners, again, still
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:39 pm
Back in October, I began a thread looking for helpful hints, ideas, solutions from the more experienced contributors to this forum. Seeing as I was making a query about a scanner and Linux (Mint), I ran into the (please excuse the cliche) brick wall.
To update, I have an Epson Perfection 1670 scanner connected to my laptop by a USB cable. Mint doesn't know it's there. Various suggestions that I and others on this forum have received in October haven't worked for me, yet. A further search into this forum indicated other members are having similar difficulties getting Linux/Mint/something to operate their scanners.
I was pointed by a member (sorry, didn't record your name) to visit a site named something like "avasys". In October, it was off-line but I found it working recently. Unfortunately, it doesn't have anything for my scanner. The writer of another post was pointed to an Ubuntu "HOWTO" link that advised him/her to download a file called "ESFW30.BIN" (always in caps) from the terminal windows and edit a file called "/etc/sane.d/" to point to this ESFW30.BIN file, then, at the "$" prompt, type "scanimage -L" and all would be OK. I tried to edit the /etc/ file and got the following message in "gedit" (where I assume I was to make the edits to the "/etc/sane.d./snapscan.conf" file:
"Could not save the file /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf.
You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again."
I have downloaded the ESFW30.BIN and figure it is stored in the place where it should be per the instructions in the "HOWTO". (Actual name is "HOWTO: Epson Perfection 1670 Scanner")
Husse had suggested in another thread on this forum, that if a scanner doesn't work, check out "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules" and add an entry for the scanner. Surprisingly, the Perfection 1670 is there.
So... what am I doing wrong? What have I missed? What should I be doing to get my scanner scanning?
A somewhat confused and frustrated,
Meteor
To update, I have an Epson Perfection 1670 scanner connected to my laptop by a USB cable. Mint doesn't know it's there. Various suggestions that I and others on this forum have received in October haven't worked for me, yet. A further search into this forum indicated other members are having similar difficulties getting Linux/Mint/something to operate their scanners.
I was pointed by a member (sorry, didn't record your name) to visit a site named something like "avasys". In October, it was off-line but I found it working recently. Unfortunately, it doesn't have anything for my scanner. The writer of another post was pointed to an Ubuntu "HOWTO" link that advised him/her to download a file called "ESFW30.BIN" (always in caps) from the terminal windows and edit a file called "/etc/sane.d/" to point to this ESFW30.BIN file, then, at the "$" prompt, type "scanimage -L" and all would be OK. I tried to edit the /etc/ file and got the following message in "gedit" (where I assume I was to make the edits to the "/etc/sane.d./snapscan.conf" file:
"Could not save the file /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf.
You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again."
I have downloaded the ESFW30.BIN and figure it is stored in the place where it should be per the instructions in the "HOWTO". (Actual name is "HOWTO: Epson Perfection 1670 Scanner")
Husse had suggested in another thread on this forum, that if a scanner doesn't work, check out "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules" and add an entry for the scanner. Surprisingly, the Perfection 1670 is there.
So... what am I doing wrong? What have I missed? What should I be doing to get my scanner scanning?
A somewhat confused and frustrated,
Meteor