# Re: Fwd: Re: regarding status of microtek usb linux kernel driver (fwd)

From: Karsten Festag (karsten.festag@t-online.de)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 10:19:25 PDT

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  Hi Oliver,

  I found this mail in my archive and I'm not sure if I answered. The
  mirroring problem should be solved with my backend. The color problem
  may be solved, it's worth testing.
  I announced my latest backend version for testing the day before, I
  think you read this. The C6-User shall try this, I think .

  Karsten

  Oliver Neukum wrote:
  >
  > Hi,
  >
  > I got this bug report from a user.
  > I think that his remaining first two problems are caused by the backend
  > rather than the kernel.
  > The third one is kernel related and known.
  > Could someone more knowledgable look into it ? (Karsten ?)
  >
  > The pictures mentioned I have, but didn't want to post them to the list.
  >
  > Regards
  > Oliver Neukum
  >
  > ----------------------------------------------
  > Oliver,
  >
  > I built kernel 2.4.3, and it certainly is a big improvement; now the
  > scanner sort of works, and the system doesn't lock up. BUT there are
  > still problems with the Microtek Slimscan C6 USB scanner.
  >
  > 1. Color images come out with the R, G, B layers offset from one
  > another.
  >
  > 2. A region selected in the preview window seems to be a mirror
  > image
  > of what you actually get. For example, if you want the upper
  > left
  > corner, you get the upper right corner.
  >
  > 3. If asking for a "line art" scan, the scanner gets stuck and
  > freezes
  > up the program (xsane 0.61) -- but not the whole computer. I can
  > unplug
  > the scanner and recover. [Do I need to update xsane? I still
  > get
  > problems 1 & 2 above, maybe 3 too, using xscanimage.]
  >
  > Three samples are attached. card.png is a color scan, card-gray.png is
  > the same in gray scale. card-gray-sized.png is the same except I marked
  > off only the part that should have been my card in the preview window.
  > Note that it is just black.
  >
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