Thomas H. George <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
> I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100
> Photo.

> Neither work with Debian Linux.

Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago,
my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
that defined this.

Chris


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On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:59:26 +0000, Chris Davies wrote:

> Thomas H. George <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
>> I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100
>> Photo.
>
>> Neither work with Debian Linux.
>
> Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago,
> my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
> that defined this.

I would be very grateful for further details, since I am an amateur with
a <similar|worse> problem.

The problem is similar because Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18) is looking for
the firmware file in the wrong directory. The error message reads:

/usr/share/iscan/esfw54.bin/esfw54.bin : Not a directory

"esfw54.bin" is not a directory but a file and it is located in
"/usr/share/iscan/" (with copies in a few other places - just in case the
alternatives locations are easier to find)

The problem is worse, because it is intermittent. Whenever I reboot the
system, it is a gamble. Sometimes the scanner is found and sometimes I
get the above error message.

I have no problems if I choose to use Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.8).

All suggestions will be gratefully received.

Felix Karpfen



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On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:59:26PM -0000, Chris Davies wrote:
> Thomas H. George <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
> > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100
> > Photo.
>
> > Neither work with Debian Linux.
>
> Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago,
> my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
> that defined this.
>
There was no esfw41.bin in my system. I added a line "usb 0x048b 0x011b"
to snapscan.conf and after this gimp ran 4 succesful color scans with
the Perfection 2400 before locking up on the fifth scan. There is still
no esfw41.bin in my system.

Tom
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:59:26 +0000, Chris Davies wrote:

> Thomas H. George <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
>> I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100
>> Photo.
>
>> Neither work with Debian Linux.
>
> Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago,
> my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
> that defined this.

I would be very grateful for further details, since I am an amateur with
a <similar|worse> problem.

The problem is similar because Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18) is looking for
the firmware file in the wrong directory. The error message reads:

/usr/share/iscan/esfw54.bin/esfw54.bin : Not a directory

"esfw54.bin" is not a directory but a file and it is located in
"/usr/share/iscan/" (with copies in a few other places - just in case the
alternatives locations are easier to find)

The problem is worse, because it is intermittent. Whenever I reboot the
system, it is a gamble. Sometimes the scanner is found and sometimes I
get the above error message.

I have no problems if I choose to use Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.8).

All suggestions will be gratefully received.

Felix Karpfen



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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:24:06 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:59:26PM -0000, Chris Davies wrote:
>> Thomas H. George <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
>> > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100
>> > Photo.
>>
>> > Neither work with Debian Linux.
>>
>> Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago,
>> my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
>> that defined this.
>>
> There was no esfw41.bin in my system.

Depending on the version of "iscan" that is installed, "esfw41.bin" is
either included in iscan install or is an Epson plugin that has to be
downloaded from the Epson website and put into the correct directory (that
will enable "iscan" to find it).

My problem is that, since updating to Etch. I no longer know what the
correct directory is.

Felix Karpfen


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