Scanner no longer works with my AMD PC

[Adam McClure]

On 08/19/2016 01:20 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
> Yes I know that I first posted this thread several months ago, but I
> now have not exactly a solution, but a workaround, which has allowed me
> to use my scanner again.
>
> My conclusion that somebody has screwed up the SANE drivers for non-
> Intel USB hardware, stands, i.e. I still cannot run the scanner when
> plugged into my AMD desktop computer.
>
> My workaround is to instead plug my scanner into my server, which has
> an Atom chip. Doing a little Google searching, I found some how-tos
> detailing how to set up networked scanning. It wasn't difficult to do.
> I can now scan, exactly as I did before, using my AMD desktop or,
> should I choose, my little 10" Toshiba netbook via the WiFi.
>
> Maybe somebody else has a scanner which no longer works with an AMD
> computer? Could something cheaper than my server get it working again?
> It would be interesting to know.
>
> Dave
>
>
What version of Ubuntu do you have and what's the model of the scanner
you're trying to use?


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