Epson 4490 + Debian Etch - was lRe: libsane-extras: epson perfection 4490 PHOTO doesn't work on amd64

[Felix Karpfen <felixk@webone.com.au>]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:44:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:


> If all else fails then you can set up a 32bit chroot environment and run
> the 32bit version of sane and the epson libraries in there.
>
A related topic - I hope.

I have used an Epson 4490 scanner (+ iscan) successfully in a Debian Sarge
environment.  When I upgraded to Debian Etch, the Epson-supplied versions
of iscan + proprietary plugin  -

/iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm -

started to balk.  iscan now sends the following error message:

/usr/share/iscan/esfw54.bin/esfw54.bin: Not a directory

which is true.  There is a file - "/usr/share/iscan/esfw54.bin"; the
directory (?) does not exist.

Despite this error, I have - by coaxing and massage - managed to persuade
Etch to recognise the scanner.

The posting from Florian Kulzer inspired me to revisit the Avasys site.

I found that both iscan and the iscan plugin have been updated.

The new plugin reads:

/iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm


Does any Debian Etch user have experience with this updated version of the
plugin (and with the updated version of iscan [2.10.0-1.c2])?

I do not wish to replace something that works badly in Etch with something
that does not work all.

Felix Karpfen



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