# Microtek2 and Sane

From: dicknskp (dicknskp@coastside.net)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 19:43:43 PDT

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  I am running Caldera eDesk 2.4 on a Dell OptiPlex
  GXa. I am running only Linux, not a dual boot
  machine. I have a MultiTech ScanMaker X6 attached.
  It worked fine under old Windoze. It was not
  turned on when I installed Linux, but plug-n-pray
  doesn't seem to work on this box. It is a SCSI
  internal type running off the parallel port as a
  physical attachment. The printer by-pass
  capability works great for my HP DeskJet 890C.

  I have Sane 1.0.1 installed. When I try "scanimage
  --list-devices" on the terminal I get no response
  at all. Just back to the command prompt. When I
  try "scanimage --device pnm:0 --help" I get the
  full output as shown in the tutorial. Looking in
  the sane.rc file there is:

  "device "
  (nil)

  I tried using xscanimage to define the device and
  when using the KDE menu entry under
  KDE->Graphic->X Scanimage I get no response at
  all. The application does not run. I tried to
  invoke xscanimage under a command
  line and get:

  Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain_c: line 534
  (gtk_main_quit): assertion 'main_loops != NULL'
  failed.

  If at the command line I enter:

  xscanimage <file_name> pnm:0

  xscanimage opens and will show the named file in a
  preview.

  I probably don't have a proper /dev entry and I am
  sure that the Microtek2 driver is not loaded.
  However, being new to Linux I am not sure how to
  accomplish the basic setup. Also, I can't figure
  out which device to use and how to alter the sane
  config file.

  Any advice greatly appreciated.

  I intend to run xscanimage as a plug-in frontend
  to GIMP once I get it to work.

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