# Re: Sane config thoughts

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:21:39 +0200 (MET DST)

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> (2) The user doesn't know if they need "mustek2.rpm" "umax.rpm" for their
> unbadged SCSI scanner they got free with the computer. SANE can figure
> this out, but now you've prevented that from happening.

However we should _not_ encourage the use of SANE with a "all drivers
included" version of saned.conf . It might be nice for probing, but
other than that it causes unnecessary overhead _and_ is known to cause
hangs. I always cursed SuSe for default-installing such a "complete"
saned.conf (though their configuration tool _ASKS_ for the scanner type).

I usually leads to Umax (or was it microtek) type scanners making the
HP backend hang forever. Setting up saned.conf correctly cures this.

CU, ANdy

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