Epson Perfection V30 and SalixLive64 Xfce 14.1 system.

[globetrotterdk]

I have just installed a SalixLive64 system on my desktop computer and am trying to get my Epson scanner to work. I followed the instructions in my earlier thread:
http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3385

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# rpm2tgz -d -n esci-interpreter-gt-f720-0.1.1-2.x86_64.rpm

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# spkg -i esci-interpreter-gt-f720-0.1.1-x86_64-2.tgz

Unfortunately, the driver does not work with the new system. SimpleScan does not detect the scanner. Is there a change in the system, or is this not working because I am using a SalixLive64 system?

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The .rpm that I used was a fresh .rpm extracted from the "all-in-one package", which is now the only package available for other systems than Red Hat 9. The actual .rpm does not seem to have been updated since last time I tried this.

[westms]

I have just installed a SalixLive64 system on my desktop computer and am trying to get my Epson scanner to work. I followed the instructions in my earlier thread:
http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3385

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# rpm2tgz -d -n esci-interpreter-gt-f720-0.1.1-2.x86_64.rpm

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# spkg -i esci-interpreter-gt-f720-0.1.1-x86_64-2.tgz

Unfortunately, the driver does not work with the new system. SimpleScan does not detect the scanner. Is there a change in the system, or is this not working because I am using a SalixLive64 system?

Edit ----
The .rpm that I used was a fresh .rpm extracted from the "all-in-one package", which is now the only package available for other systems than Red Hat 9. The actual .rpm does not seem to have been updated since last time I tried this.

Hello.

Why to install a live version, when one can also install the regular version?

Last time (http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3385) there were two scanners (Epson Perfection V30 and Epson Stylus SX425W). Which is it now?

Last time you've used VueScan, and now SimpleScan is not working. VueScan is probably an independent project. SimpleScan is based on SANE (an API). Do you have ever installed SANE?

Epson Stylus SX420W Series is supported by SANE (USB id: 0x04b8/0x0864), the other scanner (USB id: 0x04b8/0x0131) is not.

To get further, what are the output of the commands:

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sane-find-scanner

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scanimage -L

when the USB cord is plugged in and the scanner is supplied with power?

[globetrotterdk]

Hello.

Why to install a live version, when one can also install the regular version?

I was testing the system to see the changes that had been made since the last time I used Salix OS.

Last time (http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3385) there were two scanners (Epson Perfection V30 and Epson Stylus SX425W). Which is it now?

Last time you've used VueScan, and now SimpleScan is not working. VueScan is probably an independent project. SimpleScan is based on SANE (an API). Do you have ever installed SANE?

Epson Stylus SX420W Series is supported by SANE (USB id: 0x04b8/0x0864), the other scanner (USB id: 0x04b8/0x0131) is not.

The Epson Perfection V30 was the first scanner that I got working using this method. The sane package is installed.

To get further, what are the output of the commands:

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sane-find-scanner

and

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scanimage -L

when the USB cord is plugged in and the scanner is supplied with power?

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$ sudo sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0131 [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:010:003

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$ scanimage -L
No scanners were identified.

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$ sudo scanimage -L
Created directory: /var/lib/net-snmp/mib_indexes

No scanners were identified.

[westms]

The Epson Perfection V30 was the first scanner that I got working using this method.

Probably I did not make myself clear.

In 2012 you wrote that you had unpacked the files and Vuescan did the rest. If Vuescan then had really taken over the rest of the setup, then you're lucky.

What I meant to say is, unpacking the appropriate files and running SimpleScan is not suffice by no means.

The associated comment on the site SANE: Supported Devices http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON says "supported by the epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter".

To do the right setup you'll try to follow the discussion from http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3385 and therein http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2711, because there are instructions included to use epkowa.

[globetrotterdk]

Firstly, thanks for the responses. I have put of dealing with this as I have been revising my OS strategy (Salix OS is now my #1 OS and Slackware as #2 and have had the flu. I followed the instructions from the other thread that was referred to. Unfortunately, despite having followed the instructions, I have not had any luck. After a restart, I have tried running iscan - the result being the message "Could not send command to the scanner. Check the scanner's status.". I also tried using Simple Scan, the result being the message "Failed to scan."

This is a completely new Salix64 XFCE 14.1 install (not live), and sane is installed the output at the beginning of the thread is the same, now. Any ideas?

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Sorry, I forgot there were two commands:

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$ scanimage -L
device `epkowa:interpreter:006:003' is a Epson (unknown model) flatbed scanner