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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 31 May 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > If Slackware 4.0 does not have SANE
>
> I had a quick look in Slackware 4.0 and could not find SANE.

I think I had to get mine from Slackware 8.1, precompiled.  (I then 
deleted all files related to scanners other than my HP).

> > and you don't want to compile it,
>
> If the current version of SANE does not compile easily on libc5,
> then an older version probably will.  You will find all the old
> SANE versions here:
>
> ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/misc/device/scsi/scanner/sane/old-versions

I compiled one of the very early versions because it supported my old HP 
scanner (pre 1995) and it compiled easily (in BL2).  A USB scanner is 
more recent and would need a newer version than what I used.

Upgrading to SW81 glibc should let you use the precompiled version (not 
any gui parts of it though) but you should check first for your scanner.

> Cheers,
> Steven