Scanner no longer works with my AMD PC

[Adam McClure]

On 08/20/2016 08:26 AM, David Fletcher wrote:
> On Sat, 2016-08-20 at 08:10 -0400, Adam McClure wrote:
>> 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?
> My desktop is running the Ubuntu based Mint 17 MATE, because I hated
> what was done to the Ubuntu desktop, and the server is running Ubuntu
> Server 14.04. The scanner is the Epson Perfection 2450 Photo.
>
>
If you're using Linux Mint, it might be a problem with the Mint Kernel.

But what don't you like about Ubuntu?


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