# Re: xscanimage on Gimp

From: Alvaro Nunes (alvaronunes@netc.pt)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2000 - 14:24:22 PDT

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  Thanks. My problem now is to know where to find this version of sane. I
  looked to this on www.mostang.com but I don't find this. Can someone tell
  me?

  Alvaro

  > Kind of coming into the middle of this, but it appears that you may be
  > having the same problem I was having. Mandrake 7.0 here with GIMP 1.0.4
  > and sane 1.0.1. I couldn't get GIMP to see my scanner. I upgraded sane
  > to 1.0.2-3mdk and my problems disappeared. Apparently the sane 1.0.1
  > that comes with Mandrake does not have the gimp support.
  >
  > You do want to link /usr/bin/xscanimage to ~/.gimp/plug-ins
  > Mandrake apparently puts xscanimage in a different dir then the sane
  > docs outline.
  >
  > Alvaro Nunes wrote:
  > >
  > > Hi Steve,
  > >
  > > I had already tried
  > >
  > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage
  (your/gimp/home/directory)/.gimp/plug-ins
  > >
  > > but, as in my system (Mandrake 7.02) xscanimage is in
  /usr/bin/xscanimage
  > >
  > > I pointed the link to this. I this correct? If it is, then maybe there
  is
  > > nothing more that I can do, since this way I can see xscanimage on Gimp.
  > > BTW, my Gimp is 1.04.
  > >
  > > If I search for xscanimage I found the file on this locations:
  > >
  > > /home/alvaro[my user account]/.sane/xscanimage
  > > /root/.gimp/plug-ins/xscanimage
  > > /root/.sane/xscanimage
  > > /usr/bin/xscanimage
  > > /usr/lib/gimp/1.0/plug-ins/xscanimage
  > >
  > > Maybe I should put the link to this last location. But I tried that to
  > > without any success.
  > >
  > > Thanks
  > > Alv
  > >
  > > ----- Original Message -----
  > > From: "Steve Sheriff" <fsanta@arrakis.es>
  > > To: <sane-devel@mostang.com>
  > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:46 AM
  > > Subject: Re: xscanimage on Gimp
  > >
  > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote:
  > > > >
  > > > > Hi,
  > > > >
  > > > > I want make my scanner works on Gimp with xscanimage. The xscanimage
  > > seems works weell - at least on console -, but, I can't make this work
  on
  > > Gimp. I tried with a link or even puting xscanimage on Gimp plug-ins
  folder.
  > > Nevertheless, when I open Gimp there is no signs of xscanimage. Can you
  help
  > > me?
  > > > >
  > > > > Thanks
  > > > > Al
  > > > >
  > > >
  > > > Hi Al Hi everyone.
  > > >
  > > > I've only got it to work with the stable version 1.0.4. The line is
  > > >
  > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/xscanimage
  (your/gimp/home/directory)/.gimp/plug-ins
  > > >
  > > > Or on the 1.1.x versions change the /.gimp/ to /.gimp-1.1/
  > > >
  > > > Let us know if you get any of the 1.1.x versions working!
  > > >
  > > > Good luck. Steve.
  > > >
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  > I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
  > Y2K...
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