g wrote:
Joel Rees wrote:
<snip>
> Or, preferably, point me
> to a properly open solution?
have you considered xsane?
Sorry, I was not very clear.
I tried scanning from the gimp. IIRC it was xsane that complained
that it could not find the driver. When I went looking, that's when I
found out that the avasys drivers are an opaque blob with a license
that only allows reverse engineering far enough to comply with the
LGPL, no source available.
I suppose I have been using the avasys drivers already in Fedora 7,
but if there are properly open drivers, I would like to use those
instead.
(I am not happy with this printer. Stupid profit-on-the-ink marketing
games. Still, I'd like to use the scanner since I have it.)
Joel Rees
On 平成 20/08/13, at 23:09, Joel Rees wrote:
I found a thread about Kooka being taken out of the distro.
I've been using Kooka with my Epson PM-A850 all-in-one scanner-
expensive-printer, but I have not been able to scan at 1200 dpi.
Now I want to scan at 1200 dpi. I was able to take two scans, then
it wedged. I hit the full scan button and nothing happens. Move
reasolution back to 300 dpi and no problem. Back again to 1200 dpi
and no scan. That was on F7.
So, I decided to boot up my experimental install of F9, and I
discover, no Kooka. Tried the scanner tool, but it complains that
it can't find the sane library for my printer, or that there is
some conflict. I really haven't been messing with loading lots of
stuff, so I figure it's not likely to be a conflict, but I'll check
later, if I can break out some time.
Then I went hunting and found out that Kooka has been dropped.
I also found Avasys. It's a blob. LGPL-compatible licensed. Gag.
Anyone care to comment on Avasys's blobs? Or, preferably, point me
to a properly open solution?
I'll keep looking tomorrow, it doesn't look like I have time to do
anything further today. But if anyone cares to give me a few clues
before I go hunting tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.
(Sempron 2600, Pasokon Koubou's private Librage brand with a K4
mobo, IIRC.)
Joel Rees
Joel Rees
(waiting for a 3+GHz ARM processor to come out,
to test Steve's willingness to switch again.)
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