At 02:35 11/01/2006, you wrote:
On 1/10/06, Chasecreek Systemhouse <chasecreek.systemhouse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: On the box it has a TWAIN emblem. However, underneath that in fine print it sais 'for Windows". I don't think TWAIN has anything to do with the os. It comes with Windoz software and works on this [dual boot] machine with Windoz outta the box. This week my Windows setup (on this machine) crashed again. The little scanner is the last hurdle to overcome, to send Windoz up s__t creek for good. I have no time to play with Windows, and haven't really tried fixing it so far. -nat
Sounds to me like you need to encourage your children and/or grandchildren to use it and if that doesn't do the trick get them to bring some friends home.
Once it's broken get an Epson scanner. Depends on what you want to do with it but I've got a Perfection 2450 Photo that produces beautiful scans from the 6x6cm transparencies out of my Bronica SQ-B camera.
The driver software did get broken a few days ago (it happens from time to time) but I've got it working again by getting the source RPM for libusb-0.1.10a from the FC4 mirror and rebuilding it on FC3. You wouldn't be able to do that with windoze.
If you go to http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/index.html there's downloads of Epson peripheral drivers for Linux. I've installed one of the iscan packages. I don't use the iscan graphical front end but I think it also installs a sane backend which gets used by xsane. If I've got this wrong somebody please correct me.
The important thing is that it works although I still have the slightly strange quirk in the software that I have to start xsane, shut it down immediately then start it again for the scanner to work. I've no idea why this happens but I can live with it.
Cheers Dave Fletcher
