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[David McGlone]

On Friday 02 October 2009 03:32:08 pm Mark Greenwood wrote:
> On Friday 02 Oct 2009 20:11:11 David McGlone wrote:
> > On Friday 02 October 2009 08:31:53 am O. Sinclair wrote:
> > > David McGlone wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday I had to scan some images and low and behold scanning isn't
> > > > working and I don't have the slightest idea what to do.
> > > >
> > > > I used to use Kooka and it detected my HP Officejet 5610 all in one
> > > > just fine. Well yesterday was the first time the occasion came up
> > > > that I needed to scan some images and scanning is broke.
> > > >
> > > > I tried using Sane, but it will not detect my scanner and insist my
> > > > TV card is my scanner and there is no option to change this.
> > > >
> > > > So I installed scan lite and get the same results.
> > > >
> > > > last night I installed all of gnome hoping there would be an app I
> > > > could use there with no luck whatsoever.
> > > >
> > > > I also installed the kdegraphics package hoping Sane would use the
> > > > libkscan library that Kooka used and that was a dead end too.
> > > >
> > > > All in all I've wasted a whole day for a simple task, and I'm so
> > > > frustrated it's hard to stay calm.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I've exhausted everything I know to do. Does anyone have any
> > > > suggestions?
> > >
> > > try installing Skanlite - I just tested it in Karmic Beta and it hooked
> > > up with my Canon scanner just fine. I also used Kooka (still use,
> > > production computer still on KDE3) and in some ways Skanlite is
> > > actually better.
> > >
> > > Now if they could just add save to pdf from Skanlite so I dont have to
> > > install gscan2pdf
> >
> > Well I finally got at least my scanner recognized, and it opened a whole
> > new can of worms!!
> >
> > Now SANE recognizes my scanner and I scan an image, but try to save it
> > and SANE crashes. No error no nothing!
> >
> > So I try scanlite. It works, but it takes it a good 4 minutes to scan a
> > wallet size picture. Pathetic! After scanning with scanlite, I needed to
> > edit the image, so I fire up gimp click open and gimp crashes every time.
> > No error nothing! Pathetic!
> >
> > So I switch over to gnome, still same results with gimp, but this time
> > all my icons on my desktop magically disappear and nothing works! Ha
> > Pathetic!
> >
> > I reboot 2 times each time trying KDE and Gnome, still same results.
> > PATHETIC!
> >
> > At least KDE let me run Kontact and dolphin without crashing, Gnome
> > wouldn't even do that!
> >
> > And they say linux is the better choice? They are full of it! 2 days just
> > to scan a picture????
> >
> > Excuse my language but I'm so P'd off it's PATHETIC! LOL
> 
> Well, I just plugged in my Canon USB LiDE scanner, never used it on Linux
>  before. I fired up XSane and one minute later I had a full scan of an A4
>  sheet saved to disc and opened in GiMP. If this was Windows I'd still be
>  installing drivers ;)
> 
> I know this isn't much help, but I'd suggest you need to either try XSane
>  or get a better scanner... :)

LOL I don't need a better scanner. I need a better brain!!! My printer was 
plugged into my router and for the last 2 years I haven't had any changes to 
my system other than upgrades and I totally forgot that I needed to set my 
hardware up as a network device and not a local device.


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Blessings,
David M.
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