Request XSane 0.99

[shomati_sen]

Hi,

I'd like to request backporting xsane's latest version into Breezy mostly because it has the ability to scan directly as PDF.

Thanks,

Shomati

[JamesNorris]

Small problem there is that we're still only using 0.97 in dapper...

[phetre]

Yeah, is there any chance they would consider upgrading? I'm having trouble scanning in Dapper, but I don't know whether to file a bug report on an outdated version...

[davegod75]

Yeah, is there any chance they would consider upgrading? I'm having trouble scanning in Dapper, but I don't know whether to file a bug report on an outdated version...


how about a better scanning program as well. xsane is overly complicated for the casual scanner

[easy_target]

I concur. Xsane is functional but scares the hell out of the casual user.

[SpEcIeS]

Use the debian unstable source and compile xsane 0.99 on you own. Works great. :)

Add these to you sources.list and rem once done:

# Debian Unstable
deb ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
Apply changes using "sudo apt-get update"

Build using this (You may need to add dev packages):

sudo apt-get -b source xsane
sudo apt-get -b source xsane-common
Install using:

sudo dpkg -i xsane_0.99+0.991-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i xsane-common_0.99+0.991-1_all.deb

[robertmcox]

You 'da man, Species! (thank you for sharing knowledge)

Your directions worked like a champ for me and allowed me to scan via ADF straight into PDF file.

[volkerbradley]

I couldn't use the apt-get to get the sources. When I added the two sites to the sources list and then did sudo apt-get update, I received the following error messages:
Fetched 5829kB in 1m36s (60.1kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 010908312D230C5F
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing tclthread (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch_mirror_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened

Any suggestions? Can the source files be downloaded directly from somewhere?

[MintabiePete]

I am having the same problem and getting the same errors , have you found a way around it yet ?

[SpEcIeS]

Not too sure about the:
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing tclthread (NewVersion1)
Seems to me I have seen that one before. Have to look (try Google) into that one, but the first is just a key issue. Here is a script that I made to ease the key addition.
#!/bin/bash

if [ "$#" = 1 ]; then
gpg --recv $1
gpg -a --export $1 | sudo apt-key add -
else
echo;
echo "You must supply a key ID to download and apply to the apt keyring."
echo;
fi
In the case above use this line: apt-addkey 010908312D230C5F.

When creating shell scripts remember to enable execution. (chmod 700 apt-addkey)

[SpEcIeS]

Since I am using Ubuntu Dapper again, I decided to build the xsane packages. These packages were build from the Edgy source repos and they work fine on my system.

I anyone would like them please send me your email address and I would be happy to supply them. :D

[MintabiePete]

The only way I could get rid of those errors was to remove those lines out of my sources.list . I am only new to unix commands and while I tried to follow your instructions to add key I must have been missing something . And back in your instructions when adding those lines to sources.list you said " and rem once done" , I wasnt sure what you meant about that . I really would like to get xsane working as that is the only reason I still have windows , to be able to use my old Canoscan N340P scanner .

[SpEcIeS]

Oh.. yeah.. computer jargon. :) "rem" means to remove with a symbol. In the case of the sources.list you use a "#" symbol to disinclude the line.

To add the key that you were missing, copy the script, provided previously, to a file called "apt-addkey" and then use this: "apt-addkey 010908312D230C5F".
That should get you your key into the apt.

[SpEcIeS]

E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing tclthread (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList

I knew I saw this problem before. Add this APT::Cache-Limit "33554432"; to your apt.conf.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf

That will fix that. :cool:

[MintabiePete]

@ SpEcIeS

I still have an ongoing problem with my CanoScan N340P scanner . I have done a re install , which was about time as I havnt touched this computer for a long time :)

I found that for me to get xsane working properly I had to go into CMOS and change the Parallel port mode from SPP to NORMAL then I could get it scanning but only in greyscale .

For the start I found that I could only scan in safe mode , but found a fix that I had to edit my /etc/udev/rules.d file and change the 40-permissions.rules. to be able to start in normal mode instead of root , and it works It was a pain saving things in root and then not being able to access them like I should be able to .

This being able to scan only in greyscale and not in colour has me mystified at the moment , if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate them passing them on :)

Thanks

Peter

[SpEcIeS]

Wow.. gray scale only.. you got me??? That is a strange result.