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Hi Kurt,

Thanks for the research.

I installed 11.04 as 32 bit. I didn't consciously change that for 11.10, but who knows, eh?

I still have the Ubuntu system installed in my laptop, so if...

OK Kurt,

I think that's an important bit of info: That rpm/Alien won't work under Debian. No one has mentioned that!

I don't think I'll change distros at this point; I'm so disappointed in...

Thanks.

If you look above in this thread, you might see that I'm already past that point. Alien doesn't work on my 11.10, and I've unpacked the rpm packages.

Plus I don't know where to put...

OK...

I haven't quite given up, 'cause I think I'm close.

I can unpack the rpm drivers and programs. I just don't know what to do with them after that.

./configure doesn't do anything.
...

Sad that it seems to get worse and worse.

And my "mentor" above seems to have given up.

Mac is starting to look better and better.

Update 11/11/12
I saw something on YouTube about this, but...

Hi,

I just went to change it and saw you did it for me.

Thanks!

(sound of crickets)

I thought of upgrading to 12.04. But I see many complaints there, too.

Do I give up & go to Mac?

I ran XSane before posting this. Got the same error: No scanner detected.

That's why I did the lsusb. If it hadn't shown there<, I probably would've given up.

Not sure about Epkowa or what a...

Thanks PDC... Here goes. I'll enter events step by step, as I don't think I can do this in one go.

I looked at the Mint thread. It was for Isadora; they are now on Maya. It says the Epson won't...

This AM I tried a few more things:

$ sane-find-scanner

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure...

Got the same error again...

Thanks, PDC, for the help. You've been very quick and patient, explaining these things.

The problem I have is, I seem to fall down newer rabbit holes each time I...

I tried SANE before, and the output said to use XSANE instead, which I did.

I will try reinstalling as you so carefully outlined. But I'm wondering why it worked before and not now.

I'll let...

I just saw this today - i though we got email notes when someone posted.

Well, it could be part of the problem, but I have no idea what to do with the 2 files in the linked thread above. A patch...

Sirs/Ma'ams,

I have searched and cannot find how to update my personal info. I went to the User CP and it says I'm not authorized to use it... I need 25 posts or something.

I am using Oneiric,...

I posted this under someone else's thread, but noticed it said "SOLVED," so I'm reposting as my own thread:

Just the USB scanner has become a problem. I have a Toshiba Satellite A650 laptop...

In my case, just the scanner is a problem.

I have a Toshiba Satellite A650 laptop (Intel I5). All worked fine in Natty, 11.04. Last month (Oct '12) I upgraded to Oneiric 11.10 and after some...

Among the problems installing Oneiric, I've had problems with my printer, an HP 845c inkjet. It shows "ready" in the printing mode of system setup. It will print from Libreoffice, but not a PDF...

OK... I found the answer elsewhere.

In case someone else has this problem, this guy's solution works:

http://www.bitsbythepound.com/fix-dpkg-available-file-in-ubuntu-364.html

BUT! Note he...

The Update Manager recommended some new security updates for Firefox and Gnome, plus a bunch of other stuff I don't understand. I tried several times to do the update, but it comes back:

- - - - -...

Don't know if this is related, but it seems similar:

Ubuntu 11.04 with "studio" desktop
6gB of RAM
Toshiba A665 S2100x w/i7 Intel processor
Fully updated as of today

Locks up (no kbd nor...

Might've fixed it:

My laptop is dual-boot; booted to Win7 and the printer worked, after I told it it could download the right driver. So...

1. Booted to Ubuntu

2. Selected...

Might've fixed it:

My laptop is dual-boot; booted to Win7 and the printer worked, after I told it it could download the right driver. So...

1. Booted to Ubuntu

2. Selected...

Might've fixed it:

My laptop is dual-boot; booted to Win7 and the printer worked, after I told it it could download the right driver. So...

1. Booted to Ubuntu

2. Selected...

Printer Appears Not Driven Properly

Switched from a Mac to Ubuntu 11.04. It was working fine, but then the subject problem, described in detail below. See updates at very end of this msg.

I...

Update: It will print emails directly from Evolution. Still won't print PDFs.

Maybe somehow bypassing HPLIP makes it work?

Anyone?