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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Iscan has no space [ was Scanner Driver Library Epson
V500] (Peter Hemmings)
2. Re: Iscan has no space [ was Scanner Driver Library Epson
V500] (Alex Butcher)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:51:20 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Iscan has no space [ was Scanner Driver Library
Epson V500]
Message-ID: <525AC178.1060308@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

On 13/10/13 12:24, Peter Hemmings wrote:
> Well I got it to work!
>
> Found this:
> http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2013-06-16-epson-perfection-v500-photo-scanner
>
>
> I had iscan, but not the data or plugin-gt-gt-x770.
>
> I got the plugin and it works BUT it scans a preview but not scan
> because there is not enough disk space!
>
> As I now have the sane plugin I tried xsane and it seems to work
> perfectly AND can save the document as does Simple Scan.
>
> I still cannot see a "scanner" module and i don't seem to have
> iscan-data so maybe I need the "data" for it to work properly.
>
> I can at least use it and get rid of my ols HP Scanjet 2100C.
>
> Any ideas as to why iscan thinks I have no space!?
>
> It looks a better application than sane so it would be nice to try it.
>
> Regards

Seems it was broken in FC17 (so Alex cannot use my scanner either!):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888459

(A library problem)

It seems to be also broken on my FC18 maybe I should upgrade!

How do I check for this same problem on other releases easily?


Regards
--
Peter H



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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:55:58 +0100 (BST)
From: Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Iscan has no space [ was Scanner Driver Library
Epson V500]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1310141052260.8635@nffheflf.pb.hx>
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On Sun, 13 Oct 2013, Peter Hemmings wrote:

> On 13/10/13 12:24, Peter Hemmings wrote:
>> I got the plugin and it works BUT it scans a preview but not scan
>> because there is not enough disk space!
>
> Seems it was broken in FC17 (so Alex cannot use my scanner either!):
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888459
>
> (A library problem)

Hmm. Maybe, but it could just be coincidence.

I'd try strace'ing it. I see iscan itself is a plugin for GIMP, so you'll
need to strace GIMP (which will make things much noisier than necessary) and
tell strace to follow child processes:

strace -f -efile gimp

Kick off a scan, and see what file it tries and fails to open when it gives
the 'not enough disk space' error.

> It seems to be also broken on my FC18 maybe I should upgrade!
> How do I check for this same problem on other releases easily?

If it is a libpng error, then it looks as though the available build of
iscan is plain broken.

> Regards

Best Regards,
Alex



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