Re: Sane uninstallable (MOSTLY Solved)

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Daniel Dalton wrote:
> uh, probably a dumb question, but did u try aptitude install -f
Yes.

Apparently the partially installed sane packages were what was 
preventing iscan from being purged.  Once I uninstalled sane I was able 
to purge iscan.  Then I could reinstall sane without errors.

Now I can access the scanner through Gimp menus.  Works fine.

But... udev seems to not set up a device file, or something.  To access 
the scanner with xscanimage from the command line I need to enter the 
command like this:

	xscanimage epkowa:libusb:004:003

I expect that the usb device numbers and such could change if a device 
is unplugged, or the system rebooted.  There IS a line for the scanner, 
with vendor and ID number, in:

/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane-extras.rules
and in
/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules

The scanner is at least usable now, but it is awkward to use from the 
command line.  Any ideas what I have misconfigured?

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com